Noah's Ark

:This concerns the boat described in the Hebrew scriptures. For other senses, see Noah's Ark (disambiguation).

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In the Hebrew Bible's account (Gen. 6-9) of a Deluge (and the elaborations surrounding it in the various Abrahamic traditions), Noah's ark is a massive vessel Noah built at God's command to keep Noah, his family, and a core breeding stock of the world’s animals safe.

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According to Genesis the Ark was built of something called "gopher wood." The meaning of "gopher" is not clear, as this is the only occurrence of the word in the Bible. It has been suggested that it is related to the Hebrew word kopher (pitch), or was at one time kopher but miscopied. If so, it would mean that the Ark was made of wood of a specific tree (that is now unknown) and treated with pitch. The 'resinous wood' prescribed in Genesis 6:14 is thought by some to be cypress or a similar tree. In Noah's part of the world, what today is called cypress was in abundant supply; it was particularly favored for shipbuilding by the Phoenicians and by Alexander the Great, as it is even down to the present time; and it is especially resistant to water and decay. Doors and posts made of cypress are reported to have lasted 1,100 years. In addition, Noah was told not merely to caulk the seams but to ?cover inside and outside with tar (pitch)." Some modern translations of the Bible actually go so far as to replace the word gopher with cypress; however, the word for "cypress" in Biblical Hebrew is erez, a word unrelated to gopher.

Hebrew Bible: Hebrew Bible refers to the common portions of the Jewish and Christian canons. Its use is favored by most academic Biblical scholars as a bias-free term that is preferred to both Tanakh and Old Testament when discussing the text in academic writing. (For instance, see section 4.3 of The SBL Handbook...

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Deluge: Deluge is another word for flood....

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