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Genesis 6:15

What does Genesis 6:15 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 6:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Genesis 6:15 means

God provides precise dimensions for the ark: 300 cubits in length, 50 cubits in breadth, and 30 cubits in height. A cubit, roughly 18-21 inches, means the ark would be an enormous vessel, designed for cargo capacity rather than speed. These exact measurements highlight God's direct guidance and Noah's meticulous obedience in constructing a vessel capable of holding all the necessary life and supplies for the impending global flood.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And this is the way you are to make it: it is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and this <FI>is<Fi> that which thou dost with it: three hundred cubits <FI>is<Fi> the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And thus shalt thou make it. The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits: the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And thus shalt thou make it: let the length of the ark be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

Context

This verse provides the specific, detailed dimensions for the ark, following the general command to build it from gopher wood. These exact measurements are essential for Noah to construct the vessel precisely as God intended, emphasizing the divine blueprint for salvation. It further elaborates on the practical aspects of ark construction, laying out God's precise plan.

v.14Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

v.15This passage

v.16A light shalt thou make to 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 3:11

    (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)

  • Genesis 7:20

    Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

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