The Genesis account of Noah's Ark says the vessel was built from gopher wood.
Genesis 6:14 gives Noah the instruction to make the ark from “gopher wood” and to cover it inside and outside with pitch. The Hebrew term appears only in this passage, so its precise botanical meaning is uncertain. Many translations preserve the expression rather than identifying a known tree species.
This uncertainty creates a common mix-up: “gopher wood” is not the same as the animal called a gopher, and the Bible does not clearly identify it with cedar, cypress, or any other modern timber. Some scholars have proposed that the word may refer to a type of wood, a building method, or a copying variation in the ancient text.
The passage also specifies that the ark had rooms, a lower, middle, and upper deck, and a covering or opening near the top. Those details come from the biblical construction narrative, not from archaeological evidence of a surviving vessel.