Objects
pitch
Pitch seals Noah's ark in Genesis 6 and coats Moses' papyrus basket with bitumen in Exodus 2.
Category
Objects
First mention
Exodus 2:3
Tags
3
Genesis 6Exodus 2Building material
Scripture references
- Exodus 2:3
When she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him; coating it with bitumen and pitch, she put the child inside and laid it among the reeds at the River's edge.
- Genesis 6:14
Make it of reeds and caulk it with pitch inside and out.