Genesis 6:16 (WEB)
You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
Fathers and councils · 2
Ambrose of Milan
“…what is seemly, has covered and veiled what it has found hid in the frame of our body; like that door which Noah was bidden to make in the side of the ark; wherein we find a figure of the Church, and also of the human body, for through that door the remnants of food were cast out.” — editor's note: Gen. vi. 16.
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Augustine of Hippo
“This was announced beforehand, when Noah was commanded to make a door in the side of the ark, whereby the animals might enter which were not destined to perish in the flood, and by which the Church was prefigured.” — editor's note: Gen. vi. 16.
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Cross-references · 16
Parallel passages
Genesis 6:16 and Exodus 28:15 share the same wording (12 words).
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Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 120.
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Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.18.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.18.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.18.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.18.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 120.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 120.