Genesis 6:16

Translations

Modern

You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.

Traditional

A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

Literal

You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above, and you shall set the door of the ark in its side. With lower, second, and third decks you shall make it.

Latin

Fenestram in arca facies, et in cubito consummabis summitatem ejus: ostium autem arcæ pones ex latere; deorsum, cœnacula et tristega facies in ea.

Original

Hebrew

English

You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.

Notes

Genesis 6:16

A gap of about 46 centimeters (18 inches) below the roof went around the boat. This allowed light and air to enter the boat.
God told Noah to build a door, and God would close it (Genesis 7:16). God was the captain of this unique boat, which had no sail or rudder. God also brought the animals to Noah (Genesis 6:20).

Theme notes and profiles

Noah God’s Covenant with Noah Retribution Symbolic Numbers The Creation

Events

God instructs Noah to build the arkc. 2400 BC

Measurements

a cubit: About 18 in (45.7 cm)

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Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.

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