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God commissions Noah to build the ark
God told Noah to make an ark of gopher wood, cover it with pitch, and build it according to the dimensions He supplied, with rooms, a roof, a door, and three decks (Genesis 6:13-16).
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📖 Genesis 6:13–15
13Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth. 14Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out. 15And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
Sources: AiG: Timeline for the Flood
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