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Genesis 6:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
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 King James Version
Genesis 6:14
New King James Version
14 Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make [a]rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.
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- Genesis 6:14 Lit. compartments or nests
Genesis 6:14
English Standard Version
Genesis 6:14
English Standard Version
14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood.[a] Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.
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- Genesis 6:14 Transliterated from Hebrew; the identity of this tree is uncertain
Genesis 6:14
King James Version
Genesis 6:14
King James Version
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
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Genesis 6:14
New International Version
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.
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- Genesis 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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