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Genesis 6:15 – NASB vs. HCSB
Genesis 6:15 NASB “This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
Genesis 6:15 HCSB This is how you are to make it: The ark will be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
Although technically, there might be doubt that a cubit is approximately 18 inches, that is the accepted measure. And since whoever is reading or commenting on this verse would want to give the more understandable reading as found in the HCSB, this is an example where the optimal equivalent translation philosophy works.
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