Genesis 6:14-16 NASB,NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:14

Make thee an ark . תֵּבַת , constr. of תֵּבָה , etymology unknown (Gesenius); of Shemitic origin, from תָּבָה , to be hollow (Furst); of Egyptian derivation, a boat being called tept (Keil, Kalisch, Knobel); from the Sanskrit pota , a pot or boat (Bohlen); "a peculiar archaic term for a very unusual thing, like מַבּוּל , the term for the Flood itself" ( T . Lewis); translated κιβωτο ì ς θι ì βη ( LXX .), area (Vulgate), λα ì ρναξ (Nicolas Damaseenus), ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:14

The way of safety. Prediction of deluge and way of escape were alike trials of faith; beyond reach of foresight; rejected or neglected by the world. Key to the typical meaning, 1 Peter 3:20 , 1 Peter 3:21 . Baptism the initial seal of the Christian covenant. Text therefore sets forth salvation through Christ. I. "Make thee an ark." Why? BECAUSE SENTENCE OF DEATH RESTS UPON ALL MEN ( Romans 5:12 ). As in the destruction of first-born ( Exodus 11:5 ). No exceptions.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:15

And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of . The shape of it is not described, but only its dimensions given. The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits ,—a cubit = the length from the elbow to the middle finger ( Deuteronomy 3:11 ); nearly twenty-two inches, if the sacred cubit; if the common, eighteen inches,—the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. With a cubit of twenty-one inches, the length would he 525 feet, the breadth 87 feet 6... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:16

A window — עֹהַר , from עָהַר , to shine, hence light ( עָהֲרַיִם , double light, or light of midday— Genesis 43:16 ; Jeremiah 6:4 ). Not the window which Noah afterwards opened to let out the dove, which is called הַלּוֹן ( Genesis 8:6 ), but obviously a lighting apparatus, which may have been a series of windows (Gesenius), scarcely one (Theodotion, θυ ì ραν ; Symmachus, διαφανε ì ς ; Vulgate, fenestram ; Kimchi, Luther, Calvin); or an opening running... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 6:9-22

- Section VI - The Deluge- XXIII. The Ark9. 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, means “to be hollow.” אבה 'ēbeh a cognate word,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:9-22

The flood (6:9-8:19)Amid the corruption, there was one man, Noah, who remained faithful to God. Therefore, God promised to preserve Noah, along with his family, so that when the former evil race had been destroyed, he could use Noah and his family to build a new people (9-12; cf. Hebrews 11:7; 2 Peter 2:4-5; 2 Peter 2:4-5).God’s means of destruction was a great flood. Besides preserving Noah and his family, God preserved a pair of each kind of animals in the region, thereby helping to maintain... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 6:14

ark. Hebrew. tebah = a floating [building] (not 'aron, a chest). So in Exodus 2:2 , Exodus 2:3 . of. Genitive of material. App-17 . rooms = nests. pitch it = coat it. Hebrew. kaphar, to cover: the only word for "atonement" in O.T. So that it is only atonement that can keep the waters of judgment from us. with pitch = Hebrew. kopher = resin (not "pitch" or bitumen, which is zepheth, Exodus 2:3 Isaiah 34:9 , Isaiah 34:9 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 6:15

cubit. The latest approximation gives Genesis 17:5 inches. But this is the "profane" cubit. The sacred cubit was probably about 25 inches. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 6:16

window. Hebrew = a place for light (Genesis 7:11 ; Genesis 8:6 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 6:14-16

"Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shall pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is how thou shalt make it; the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. A light shalt thou make in the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it."It is impossible from this... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 6:9-22

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:9-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 6:14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 6:15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 6:16

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 6:14-16

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