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Parashas Noach · Ark dimensions · Passuk 6:15

The Complete Passuk

וְזֶ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֖ה אֹתָ֑הּ שְׁלֹ֧שׁ מֵא֣וֹת אַמָּ֗ה אֹ֚רֶךְ הַתֵּבָ֔ה חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים אַמָּה֙ רׇחְבָּ֔הּ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אַמָּ֖ה קוֹמָתָֽהּ׃

And this is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

Chabad.org — 6:15

Source Citation

Bereshit Rabbah / classic mefarshim on the proportionality and capacity of the ark.

Sefaria — Genesis 6:15 with commentary

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אַמָּה… — מִדּוֹת הַתֵּבָה נִתְּנוּ בְּדִיּוּק כְּדֵי שֶׁתְּהֵא מַחְזֶקֶת אֶת כָּל הַבְּרִיּוֹת.

English: “Three hundred cubits…” — The dimensions of the ark were given with precision so that it would contain all the creatures.

In context: The fixed ratios (300 × 50 × 30) are treated as a divinely calibrated volume sufficient for the survival of every species that entered.

Type of Learning

Custom (significance of the given dimensions).

What Is Learned

The ark’s measurements were not arbitrary; they ensured capacity for the full complement of creatures commanded to enter.

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