Genesis 6:14

Genesis 6:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
• New International Version (NIV)So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.

Context of Genesis 6:14

12God saw how much the earth had become spoiled. Everyone was doing bad things. 13God said to Noah, ‘I will destroy everyone. That is what I have decided to do. Everywhere on the earth, people are attacking each other. Now I will destroy the people and also the earth. So make a ship for yourself. Use wood from cypress trees to make it. The ship must have rooms in it. Cover the inside and the outside of the ship with tar. 15This is how you will build the ship: It must be 150 metres long, 25 metres wide and 15 metres high. 16Make a roof for the ship. Leave a space 45 centimetres high all round under the roof. Put a door in the side of the ship. Inside the ship, make three floors above each other.

Genesis 6:14 word by word

עֲשֵׂ֤ה לְךָ֙ תֵּבַ֣ת עֲצֵי־גֹ֔פֶר קִנִּ֖ים תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֶת־הַתֵּבָ֑ה וְכָֽפַרְתָּ֥ אֹתָ֛הּ מִבַּ֥יִת וּמִח֖וּץ בַּכֹּֽפֶר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• thee an arkתֵּבָהtêbâh · arkH8392
• of gopherגֹּ֫פֶרgôpher · gopherH1613
• woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• roomsקֵןqên · nestH7064
• inאֵת'êth · withH854
• and shalt pitchכָּפַרkâphar · to coverH3722
• it withinבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: insideH1004
• and withoutחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• with pitchכֹּ֫פֶרkôpher · pitchH3724

Cross-references for Genesis 6:14

• Matthew 24:38In Noah's time, in the days before the flood, people were eating their meals every day. Men married women and women married men. They continued to do all these things until the day that Noah went into his big boat.
• Luke 17:27In Noah's time, people were eating their meals every day. Men and women continued to marry. They continued to do all this until the day when Noah went into his boat. Then it rained for a long time and there was deep water everywhere. The water killed all the people.
• 1 Peter 3:20Those were the spirits of people who had refused to obey God long ago. At that time God waited patiently for them to turn to him while Noah was building a large ship. But only a few people agreed to go into that ship. God saved only eight people when the ship sailed on the deep water.
• Exodus 2:3Then she could not continue to hide him. So she took a basket that was made from river grass. She painted the basket with tar, to keep the water out of it. Then she put her baby in the basket. She put the basket among the reeds at the edge of the river.

Commentaries on Genesis 6:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Make thee an ark - תבת tebath, a word which is used only to express this vessel, and that in which Moses was preserved, Exodus 2:3, Exodus 2:5. It signifies no more than our word vessel in its common acceptation - a hollow place capable of containing persons, goods, etc., without any particular reference to shape or form. Gopher wood - Some think the cedar is meant; others, the cypress. Bochart renders this probable, 1. From the appellation, supposing the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-22Verses 9-22 - Section VI - The Deluge - XXIII. The Ark 9. דור dôr “age, time from birth to death,” applied either to an individual or the whole contemporary race, running parallel with some leading individual. Hence, the “race” or “generation” living during that time. 14. תבה tēbâh “chest, ark.” It is used only of this vessel of Noah‘s construction, and of the little vessel in which Moses was put Exodus 2:3, Exodus 2:5. The root, according to Furst…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-21Verses 12-21 God told Noah his purpose to destroy the wicked world by water. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, Psa 25:14. It is with all believers, enabling them to understand and apply the declarations and warnings of the written word. God chose to do it by a flood of waters, which should drown the world. As he chooses the rod with which he corrects his children, so he chooses the sword with which he cuts off his enemies. God established…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14ark: This was a long rectangular boat built for survival, not navigation. The Hebrew word tebah is the same for the basket that carried baby Moses on the Nile River (Exodus 2:3, 5). gopher wood: It is not clear what kind of wood this was. It may have come from a conifer (a tree like cypress).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Make thee an ark--ark, a hollow chest (Ex 2:3). gopher wood--probably cypress, remarkable for its durability and abounding on the Armenian mountains. rooms--cabins or small cells. pitch it within and without--mineral pitch, asphalt, naphtha, or some bituminous substance, which, when smeared over and become hardened, would make it perfectly watertight.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 6:14

• Antediluvians
• Ark
• Art
• Carpentry
• Communion
• Faith
• Gopher Wood
• Noah
• Pitch
• Ship
• Slime

In the dictionaries

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• Flesh
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• Imagination
• Multiply
• Noah
• Pitch

Commentaries on Genesis 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings