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 the world and how corrupt it was because all people on earth lived evil lives. 13God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to all people because the earth is full of their violence. Now I’m going to destroy them along with the earth. Make yourself a ship of cypress wood. Make rooms in the ship and coat it inside and out with tar. 15This is how you should build it: the ship is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. 16Make a roof for the ship, and leave an 18-inch-high opening at the top. Put a door in the side of the ship. Build the ship with lower, middle, and upper decks.

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 the days before the flood, people were eating, drinking, and getting married until the day that Noah went into the ship.
• Luke 17:27People were eating, drinking, and getting married until the day that Noah went into the ship. Then the flood destroyed all of them.
• 1 Peter 3:20They are like those who disobeyed long ago in the days of Noah when God waited patiently while Noah built the ship. In this ship a few people—eight in all—were saved by water.
• Exodus 2:3When she couldn’t hide him any longer, she took a basket made of papyrus plants and coated it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in it and set it among the papyrus plants near the bank of the Nile 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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• Ark
• Corrupt
• Fill
• Flesh
• Gopher
• 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