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Genesis 6:14

Genesis 6:14
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

A window shalt thou make to the ark,.... Or a "light", such as is that at noon, for which the word in the dual number is used; and therefore Junius and Tremellius translate it a "clear light". The…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Make thee an ark - תבת tebath, a word which is used only to express this vessel, and that in which Moses was preserved, Exo 2:3, Exo 2:5. It signifies no more than our word vessel in its common…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 6:13-21

Here it appears indeed that Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. God's favour to him was plainly intimated in what he said of him, Gen 6:8-10, where his name is mentioned five times in five…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

an ark The word here used, têbâh, is only found in this passage and in Exo 2:3-5. It is of foreign origin; according to some, an Egyptian word; according to others, derived from the Assyrian. LXX…

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