The Meaning of Genesis 6:14 Explained

Genesis 6:14

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

YLT: 'Make for thyself an ark of gopher-wood; rooms dost thou make with the ark, and thou hast covered it within and without with cypress;

Darby: Make thyself an ark of gopher wood: with cells shalt thou make the ark; and pitch it inside and outside with pitch.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Genesis 6:14 Mean?

Study Notes

ark
"Ark": type of Christ as the refuge of His people from judgment Hebrews 11:7 . In strictness of application this speaks of the preservation through the "great tribulation" Matthew 24:21 ; Matthew 24:22 of the remnant of Israel who will turn to the Lord after the Church (typified by Enoch, who was translated to heaven before the judgment of the Flood) has been caught up to meet the Lord; Genesis 5:22-24 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 ; Hebrews 11:5 ; Isaiah 2:10 ; Isaiah 2:11 ; Isaiah 26:20 ; Isaiah 26:21 . But the type also has a present reference to the position of the believer "in Christ" (Ephesians 1.), etc. It should be noted that the word translated "pitch" in Genesis 6:14 is the same word translated "atonement" in Leviticus 17:11 etc. It is atonement that keeps out the waters of judgment and makes the believer's position "in Christ" safe and blessed.

Context Summary

Genesis 6:9-22 - Noah Builds The Ark
Human sin had reached an awful climax. Sooner or later its results must have swept the human race from the earth, as smallpox will slay every native on some infected island. God only hastened by the Flood the inevitable result of wrong-doing. Amid the universal corruption and violence, one man stood out as precious in the sight of God. His name meant Rest; he was righteous toward man and "blameless" toward God; he walked in fellowship with God; His ear was quick to detect, and His hand deft to fulfill the divine will. "By faith Noah"¦." See Hebrews 11:7. Such is the character to which God reveals His secrets and with which He enters into covenant. If we live thus we shall cross the flood of death into the resurrection life, 2 Peter 2:5. Not only shall we be saved, but we shall save others. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 6

1  The wickedness of the world, which provoked God's wrath
8  Noah finds grace
9  His family line
14  The order, form, dimensions, and building of the ark

What do the individual words in Genesis 6:14 mean?

Make for yourself an ark of wood gopher rooms make in the ark and cover it inside and outside with pitch
עֲשֵׂ֤ה לְךָ֙ תֵּבַ֣ת עֲצֵי־ גֹ֔פֶר קִנִּ֖ים תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֶת־ הַתֵּבָ֑ה וְכָֽפַרְתָּ֥ אֹתָ֛הּ מִבַּ֥יִת וּמִח֖וּץ בַּכֹּֽפֶר

עֲשֵׂ֤ה  Make 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לְךָ֙  for  yourself 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
תֵּבַ֣ת  an  ark 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תֵּבָה  
Sense: ark.
עֲצֵי־  of  wood 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
גֹ֔פֶר  gopher 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֹּפֶר  
Sense: cypress?, gopher, gopher wood.
קִנִּ֖ים  rooms 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: קֵן  
Sense: nest.
תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣ה  make 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
הַתֵּבָ֑ה  the  ark 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: תֵּבָה  
Sense: ark.
וְכָֽפַרְתָּ֥  and  cover 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: כָּפַר 
Sense: to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation, cover over with pitch.
מִבַּ֥יִת  inside 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
וּמִח֖וּץ  and  outside 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חוּץ  
Sense: outside, outward, street, the outside.
בַּכֹּֽפֶר  with  pitch 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּפֶר 
Sense: price of a life, ransom, bribe.

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