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I. IT WAS BUILT BY HUMAN INSTRUMENTALITY BUT THE FASHION OF IT, AS WELL, AS THE MATERIALS OF WHICH IT WAS TO BE MADE, WERE OF DIVINE APPOINTMENT.

II. THE ARK WAS BUILT BY DEGREES.

III. The ark was A RECEPTACLE FOR ALL.

IV. THE ANIMALS THAT ENTERED THE ARK WENT IN OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL, AND YET WERE DIVINELY GUIDED TO IT.

V. THE FIERCE PASSIONS OF THE ANIMALS WERE RESTRAINED WHILE IN THE ARK.

VI. TILL THE ARK WAS BUILT, THE WORLD COULD NOT BE DESTROYED.

(R. Jessop, M. A.)

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KJV: Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

WEB: Make a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ship, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.