And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
And this is the fashion. According to the description, the ark was a ship, destined not to sail, but 'only to float-an oblong, flat-bottomed chest. Assuming the cubit to be 18 inches, the dimensions of the ark would be 450 feet in length by 75 feet in breadth and 45 feet in height; or, taking the cubit at 21,888 inches, the vessel would measure 547 feet long, 91 feet 2 inches wide, and 47 feet 2 inches high; that is, three times the length of a first-rate Man-of-War in the British navy. The dimensions of the 'Great Eastern' exceed those of the ark, being 691 feet in length, 83 feet in breadth, and 58 feet in depth.