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Noah's Ark (; Biblical Hebrew: Teyvat Noaḥ ) is the vessel in the Genesis flood narrative ( Genesis chapters 6 – 9 ) by which the Patriarch Noah saves himself, his family, and a remnant of all the world's animals when God decides to destroy the world because of mankind's evil deeds.

God gives Noah detailed instructions for building the ark: it is to be of gopher wood, smeared inside and out with pitch, with three decks and internal compartments ; it will be 300 cubits long, 50 wide, and 30 high ; it will have a roof " finished to a cubit upward ", and an entrance on the side.