How many levels does Genesis say Noah’s Ark has?

Genesis says Noah’s Ark has three levels.

Genesis 6:16 describes the ark as having lower, second, and third levels. This detail appears alongside the instructions for a window, a roof, and a side door. The text therefore presents a multi-level vessel, although it does not provide a complete floor plan or explain how the levels were divided.

The three levels are sometimes confused with the ark’s dimensions or with later artistic reconstructions. Genesis gives the ark’s length, width, and height separately in the preceding verse, then describes its internal arrangement. The number of levels is three, not a reference to three separate arks or three compartments.

The passage also does not state that each level held a particular category of animal or person. Illustrations commonly assign such divisions, but those arrangements are creative interpretations rather than instructions supplied by Genesis. The secure textual fact is the presence of lower, second, and third levels.