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Genesis 6:15

13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

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

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.

16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

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BSB
And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
KJV
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.
WEB
This is how you shall make it. The length of the ship shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And this [is] how you shall make it: Three hundred cubits [is] the length of the ark, fifty cubits its width, and thirty cubits its height.
ÅB
Slik skal du gjøre den: Arken skal være tre hundre alen lang, femti alen bred, og tretti alen høy.
OTB
Slik skal du bygge den: arken skal være tre hundre alen lang, femti alen bred, og tretti alen høy.
B1930
Således skal du gjøre den: Arken skal være tre hundre alen lang, femti alen bred, og tretti alen høi.

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  • Genesis 7:20

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

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  • Deuteronomy 3:11

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

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