638. Verse 14 Make yourself an ark of planks of gopher; you shall make the ark with rooms and cover it ¹ inside and out with bitumen.

'The ark' means the member of this Church. 'Planks of gopher' means his lusts. 'Rooms' means the two parts of man - that of the will and that of the understanding. 'Bitumening it inside and out with bitumen ¹ means preservation from the deluge of evil desires.

Footnotes:

'Mansions,' as in Genesis 6:14, signify the two parts of a person which are the will and understanding. 'Mansions,' as in lowest, secondary, and third, represent scientific, rational, and intellectual ideas.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 638)