Genesis 6:12-14
GOD’S WORD Translation
12 God saw the world and how corrupt it was because all people on earth lived evil lives.
13 God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to all people because the earth is full of their violence. Now I’m going to destroy them along with the earth. 14 Make yourself a ship of cypress wood. [a] Make rooms in the ship and coat it inside and out with tar.
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- 6:14 Or “teakwood.”
Genesis 6:12-14
New International Version
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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- Genesis 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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