16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit[a] high all around.[b] Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 6:16 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
  2. Genesis 6:16 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

The Ark(A)

10 “Have them make an ark[a](B) of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 25:10 That is, a chest
  2. Exodus 25:10 That is, about 3 3/4 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide and high or about 1.1 meters long and 68 centimeters wide and high; similarly in verse 17

27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life[a]?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:27 Or single cubit to your height

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