Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Genesis 6:15 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 15. 15And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
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Quick Meaning
God specifies an ark 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. The fixed proportions show ordered preparation, while any modern conversion must remain approximate because cubit lengths varied.
Read It With
- Genesis 6:9–22
Read verses 14–16 together. Verse 14 gives materials and compartments; verse 15 gives dimensions; verse 16 supplies the upper feature, door, and three levels. No one verse is a complete blueprint.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The dimensions make the ark instruction measurable and ordered before the remaining construction details and preservation purpose are given.
Read Genesis 6:13–16 together
Why these verses belong together: God announces the end brought by violence and immediately gives the ark's materials, dimensions, opening, door, and levels.
Verse 13. 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Verse 14. 14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Verse 15. 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Verse 16. 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
What Remains True
Careful obedience can include proportion, measurement, and practical order rather than vague good intentions.
How It Can Shape Life
- For real safety responsibilities, replace improvisation with measured plans, clear capacities, and reviewable details appropriate to the actual risk.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 6:9–22 — God Warns Noah and Commands the ArkSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
Where care is needed
Modern feet or meter conversions are approximate because ancient cubits were not one universally fixed length.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Reader-facing Scripture wording, verse numbering, paragraph data, and supplied-word markup.
Exact location: Pinned eBible/CrossWire standardized 1769 KJV corpus, Genesis 6:9–22
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Toledot, righteous and blameless, walked with God, corruption-destruction wordplay, violence, ark terms, dimensions, flood, covenant, creature categories, preservation, food, and obedience.
Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 6:9–22
Open source ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — Genesis with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, Digital edition accessed 2026
Supports: Noah's character terms, corruption and violence, all flesh, end of all flesh, repeated shahat, gopher wood, pitch, dimensions, tsohar construction, flood, covenant, preservation, food, and concluding obedience.
Exact location: NET Bible, Genesis 6:9–22 translator notes 31–66
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