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Gopher. (pitch). Gopher wood. Only once mentioned - Genesis 6:14. Two principal conjectures have been proposed -

1. That the "trees of gopher" are any trees of the resinous kind, such as pine, fir, etc.

2. That Gopher is cypress.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'opher'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​o/opher.html. 1901.
 
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