A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; [with] lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make it.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Tu feras à l'arche une fenêtre, que tu réduiras à une coudée en haut; tu établiras une porte sur le côté de l'arche; et tu construiras un étage inférieur, un second et un troisième.
KJV
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; [with] lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make it.
Eucherius of Lyon
Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas
, one baptism" (Ephesians 4:5). Noah's ark, representing the holy Church, is completed in one cubit (Genesis 6:16) because eternal rest is found through the contemplation of one God. Two: This represents the two testaments of divine law. As in First Kings: "And he made in Debir t…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 100 (Migne)
jussus est, qua intrarent animalia quae non erant diluvio peritura, quibus praefigurabatur Ecclesia (Gen. VI, 16) . Propter hoc prima mulier facta est de viri latere dormientis, et appellata est vita materque vivorum (Gen. II, 22, seq.) . Magnum quippe significavit bonum, ante ma…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 157 (Migne)
spiritualibus quadam constringitur angustia, et mystici cubiti consummabitur mensura [Col. 0358A] (Gen. VI, 16) , quando erit Deus in omnibus omnia (I Cor. XV, 28) , suprema occupasse ac possedisse coenacula. Sed et hoc quoque perfectorum mystice congruit meritis, quod in arith…
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