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12 God saw how much the earth had become spoiled. Everyone was doing bad things. 13 God said to Noah, ‘I will destroy everyone. That is what I have decided to do. Everywhere on the earth, people are attacking each other. Now I will destroy the people and also the earth. 14 So make a ship for yourself. Use wood from cypress trees to make it.[a] The ship must have rooms in it. Cover the inside and the outside of the ship with tar.[b]

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  1. 6:14 Cypress trees are trees with hard wood.
  2. 6:14 Tar stops water coming into the ship.

12 God saw how corrupt(A) the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.(B) 13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy(C) both them and the earth.(D) 14 So make yourself an ark of cypress[a] wood;(E) make rooms in it and coat it with pitch(F) inside and out.

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  1. Genesis 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.