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Gopher wood   Listen
noun
Gopher wood  n.  A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark.






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"Gopher wood" Quotes from Famous Books



... have him to prepare an ark to save himself withal; which ark did type out the Lord that was to come, and be the Saviour of those whom he before had covenanted for with God the Father. 'And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me;—make thee an ark of gopher wood' (Gen 6:13,14, 7:1). 'The Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... but he was such a cheery, genial fellow that I think he would have grinned whatever I had said, and I cannot be sure that he took my meaning, and recognized the wood as a fragment of the true Ark. Whether it was really gopher wood, of which material the Ark was built, I will not undertake to say, but am willing to submit to the inspection of the curious the bit which I cut off with my ice-axe and brought away. Anyhow, it will be hard to prove ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 6 • Various



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