13 God said to Noah, "I intend to make an end of all that lives, for through men the land is filled with violence; and behold, I am about to *destroy them together with the land. 14 Make yourself an *ark of *gopher wood; make in it rooms (stalls, pens, coops, nests, cages, compartments) and *coat it inside and out with pitch (bitumen). 15 This is the way you are to make it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits (450’ x 75’ x 45’). 16 You shall make a *window [for light and ventilation] for the ark, and finish it to at least a cubit (eighteen inches) from the top—and set the [entry] door of the ark in its side; and you shall make it with lower, second and third decks.