Genesis 6:12-16

12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.
13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.
14 So make yourself an ark of cypress[a] wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.[b]
16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit[c] high all around.[d] Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.

Cross References 6

  • 1. Exodus 32:7; Deuteronomy 4:16; Deuteronomy 9:12,24
  • 2. Psalms 14:1-3
  • 3. Deuteronomy 28:63; 2 Kings 8:19; Ezra 9:14; Jeremiah 44:11
  • 4. ver 17; Ge 7:4,21-23; Job 34:15; Isaiah 5:6; Isaiah 24:1-3; Jeremiah 44:27; Ezekiel 7:2-3
  • 5. Hebrews 11:7; 1 Peter 3:20
  • 6. Exodus 2:3

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  • [b]. That is, about 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 135 meters long, 23 meters wide and 14 meters high
  • [c]. That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
  • [d]. The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
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