Genesis 6:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Preparation for the Flood. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopherwood,[a] equip the ark with various compartments, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
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- 6:14 Gopherwood: an unidentified wood mentioned only in connection with the ark. It may be the wood of the cypress, which in Hebrew sounds like “gopher” and was widely used in antiquity for shipbuilding.
Genesis 6:14
New International Version
14 So make yourself an ark of cypress[a] wood;(A) make rooms in it and coat it with pitch(B) inside and out.
Footnotes
- Genesis 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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