Gen 6:14 | TNotes | STEP | 6:14 The large boat (traditionally rendered ark ) was a long rectangular barge designed for survival, not for navigation. The Hebrew word tebah is used again only of the basket in which the baby Moses was floated on the Nile (Exod 2:3 , 5 ). • cypress wood: It is not clear what kind of wood this was. It was possibly from a conifer, such as cypress.

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‏ Genesis 6:14

6:14 ^a The large boat (traditionally rendered ark) was a long rectangular barge designed for survival, not for navigation. The Hebrew word tebah is used again only of the basket in which the baby Moses was floated on the Nile (Exod 2:3 ^b, 5 ^c).

• cypress wood: It is not clear what kind of wood this was. It was possibly from a conifer, such as cypress.