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Genesis 6:16

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

15 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.

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.

18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.

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BSB
You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.
KJV
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.
WEB
You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
ASV
A 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.
DARBY
A light shalt thou make to the ark; and to a cubit high shalt thou finish it above. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: [with] a lower, second, and third [story] shalt thou make it.
BLB
You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above, and you shall set the door of the ark in its side. [With] lower, second, and third [decks] you shall make it.
ÅB
Øverst på arken skal du gjøre en glugg som når en alen ned på veggen, og døren på arken skal du sette på den ene side; du skal bygge den i tre stokkverk, et nederste, et mellomste og et øverste, med kammer i hvert stokkverk.
OTB
Lag et tak for arken, avslutt det en alen fra toppen; plasser en dør på siden av arken, og lag nedre, midtre, og øvre dekk.
B1930
Øverst på arken skal du gjøre en glugg som når en alen ned på veggen, og døren på arken skal du sette på den ene side; du skal bygge den i tre stokkverk, et nederste, et mellemste og et øverste, med kammer i hvert stokkverk.

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  • Genesis 7:16

    And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

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  • Genesis 8:6

    And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

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  • Ezekiel 41:16

    The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;

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  • 2 Kings 9:30

    And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

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  • Ezekiel 42:3

    Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.

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  • Luke 13:25

    When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

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  • 2 Samuel 6:16

    And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

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