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.
Noah found grace because God made him His confidant, telling him plainly what He meant to do. The Lord shares His counsel with those who fear Him; He hides nothing from His servants, that they may warn others and see His purposes confirmed even as men refuse to hear.
AI summary
Commenting on Genesis 6:13-21
But with thee will I establish my covenant,.... Made with Noah at this time, though not expressed, that on his making an ark, as God directed him, and going into it at his command, he would preserve him while building it from the rage of wicked men, and save him in it and his family, when the flood should come; and that they should come...
A window--probably a skylight, formed of some transparent substance unknown. in a cubit shalt thou finish it above--a direction to raise the roof in the middle, seemingly to form a gentle slope for letting the water run off.