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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Gen 6:14
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · 1871
Gen 6:14 · Douay-Rheims
“Make thee an ark of timber planks: thou shalt make little rooms in the ark, and thou shalt pitch it within and without.”
On this verse:
“Make thee an ark--ark, a hollow chest (Exo 2:3). gopher wood--probably cypress, remarkable for its durability and abounding on the Armenian mountains. rooms--cabins or small cells. pitch it within and without--mineral pitch, asphalt, naphtha, or some bituminous substance, which, when smeared over and become hardened, would make it perfectly watertight.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.