What kind or grade of wood is "gopher?"
Genesis 6:14
NASB - 14 Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch.
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Asked May 07 2013
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Gilbert Kiaha
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Colin Wong
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Some say it is pine or cedar. However modern authority favor the cypress tree, which grows abundantly in Chaldea and Armenia.
Eduardo Estrada
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Before the flood there was an abundance of big trees, the earth condition was described in Genesis 1:6. Can you imagine the amount of water to feed?
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