The pitch with which Jehovah told Noah to cover the ark within and without: What was it? Where did the stuff come from in Noah's time?
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Pitch
The Hebrew word translated "pitch" in some Bible translations is "kopher" (transliteration). In the noun form the word simply means a "covering". The verb form of this word is "kaphar" - to cover. It is most often translated "pitch" and is translated other ways, e.g. tar (NLT), asphalt (LitV), cypress (YLT), etc. My personal opinion is that it was a resinous substance of some kind, i.e. an organic substance secreted from plants or trees.