Text -- Genesis 6:16 (NET)

6:16 Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving 18 inches from the top. Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle, and upper decks.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 6:16

¹ tn Heb “a cubit.”

² tn Heb “to a cubit you shall finish it from above.” The idea is that Noah was to leave an 18-inch opening from the top for a window for light.