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Answer 1
Gopher wood is only mentioned once in The Bible- it was the word used for the wood that made up Noah's Ark. No one really knows what Gopher wood was, as the name has long fallen into disuse. However, it is likely that the wood was either Cypress or Cedar - possibly Cedar of Lebanon which grows abundantly in that area. This fits well with the properties needed for gopher wood if it was used foir the ark - that it should be durable and rot resistant - as cedar fits this description well.
Answer 2
Actually, there is a Gopher tree...there are plenty and they are in a little town in North Florida, I grew up there and Gopher trees do exist, it is the only area in the world that Gopher trees grow, and no they are not "Cypress trees" they are indeed Gopher trees..
Note on the above:
It must be realised, as far as the reader is concerned, that, contrary to the above, the Florida 'Gopher', while sharing a name with the Biblical tree, is not the same species as the Biblical Gopher. The Florida Gopher - or Torreya taxifolia - is native to Eastern Asia and North America only, and not the Middle East. The Biblical 'gopher ( גפר, gofer) wood has several possible identities, as listed above: cypress, or cedar or even pine. One other theory, although unlikely, is that the Hebrew word 'gofer' is a corruption of 'kofer' meaning 'pitch' so that 'gopher wood' simply means wood of a unspecified type that has been made waterproof by coating it with thick tar or pitch.
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In theLebanon
What was Noah's boat made of?
gopher wood
What wood did noah use to biuld his arce?
It was gopher wood.
What kind of wood was the ark made of?
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What was used to built noah's ark?
Gopher wood
What famous ship was made of gopher wood?
noah's ark
What is stronger gopher wood or oak?
We're not 100% certain what specific tree "gopher wood" refers to, so it's not possible to answer this question. If it was cedar, then oak is stronger. If it was something else, then who knows.
Noah's Ark was made of what wood?
Noahs arc was made of Cyprees wood.
What kind of wood was used to build Noah's Ark?
First mention of Noah is when he was about 500 yrs old. he finished building the ark when he was 600 yrs old. So he worked on the ark for approximately 100 years. The ark was made of wood, but this must be a special wood that does not dry up, shrink and do not rot, for 100 years. There are no known tree today that shows this characteristics. It may be extinct now and we may never know what kind of wood Noah used.
What biblical character made boat out of gopher wood?
if you read the Bible- Noah did
