_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO NOAH, COME THOU AND ALL THY HOUSE INTO THE ARK; FOR THEE HAVE I SEEN RIGHTEOUS BEFORE ME IN THIS GENERATION._ And the Lord said unto Noah, Come ... The ark was finished; and Noah now, in the spirit of implicit faith, which had influenced his whole conduct, waited for directi... [ Continue Reading ]
_OF EVERY CLEAN BEAST THOU SHALT TAKE TO THEE BY SEVENS THE MALE AND HIS FEMALE: AND OF BEASTS THAT ARE NOT_ _ OF EVERY CLEAN BEAST THOU SHALT TAKE TO THEE BY SEVENS, THE MALE AND HIS FEMALE: AND OF BEASTS THAT ARE NOT CLEAN BY TWO, THE MALE AND HIS FEMALE._ Of every clean beast thou shalt take to... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR YET SEVEN DAYS, AND I WILL CAUSE IT TO RAIN UPON THE EARTH FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS; AND EVERY LIVING SUBSTANCE THAT I HAVE MADE WILL I DESTROY FROM OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH._ FOR YET SEVEN DAYS. This was said on the tenth day (cf. Genesis 7:11). All the special communications which man hel... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NOAH DID ACCORDING UNTO ALL THAT THE LORD COMMANDED HIM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THERE WENT IN TWO AND TWO UNTO NOAH INTO THE ARK, THE MALE AND THE FEMALE, AS GOD HAD COMMANDED NOAH._ There went in two and two. The animals were not searched for, hunted out, and driven by Noah into the ark; they filed into it spontaneously: and perhaps their movements may be explained in part b... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER SEVEN DAYS, THAT THE WATERS OF THE FLOOD WERE UPON THE EARTH._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE SIX HUNDREDTH YEAR OF NOAH'S LIFE, IN THE SECOND MONTH, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH, THE SAME DAY WERE ALL THE FOUNTAINS OF THE GREAT DEEP BROKEN UP, AND THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN WERE OPENED._ In the six hundredth year of Noah's age. The year, as has been already stated (see the note at G... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE RAIN WAS UPON THE EARTH FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS._ And the rain was upon the earth. х_ GESHEM_ (H1653), differing from _ MAATAAR_ (H4306), rain in general, denotes unusual and continuous torrents of rain; cf. Job 37:6; Zechariah 10:1]. FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS. In all ages and count... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE SELFSAME DAY ENTERED NOAH, AND SHEM, AND HAM, AND JAPHETH, THE SONS OF NOAH, AND NOAH'S WIFE, AND THE THREE WIVES OF HIS SONS WITH THEM, INTO THE ARK;_ In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth. According to Oriental usage, the men are mentioned first in all passages... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEY, AND EVERY BEAST AFTER HIS KIND, AND ALL THE CATTLE AFTER THEIR KIND, AND EVERY CREEPING THING THAT CREEPETH UPON THE EARTH AFTER HIS KIND, AND EVERY FOWL AFTER HIS KIND, EVERY BIRD OF EVERY SORT._ Every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind. The Hebrew х_ CHAYAAH_ (H2416)... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY WENT IN UNTO NOAH INTO THE ARK, TWO AND TWO OF ALL FLESH, WHEREIN IS THE BREATH OF LIFE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY THAT WENT IN, WENT IN MALE AND FEMALE OF ALL FLESH, AS GOD HAD COMMANDED HIM: AND THE LORD SHUT HIM IN._ As God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in. Attempts have been made to account for the use of two divine names here, by alleging that, in His commands to Noah respecting the ar... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE FLOOD WAS FORTY DAYS UPON THE EARTH; AND THE WATERS INCREASED, AND BARE UP THE ARK, AND IT WAS LIFT UP ABOVE THE EARTH._ The flood was forty days upon the earth This refers to the descent of rain and the eruption of water from THE FLOOD WAS FORTY DAYS UPON THE EARTH. This refers to the des... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WATERS PREVAILED EXCEEDINGLY UPON THE EARTH; AND ALL THE HIGH HILLS, THAT WERE UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN, WERE COVERED._ All the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered. This is the testimony of a spectator recording his impressions of what he witnessed, and therefore all the... [ Continue Reading ]
_FIFTEEN CUBITS UPWARD DID THE WATERS PREVAIL; AND THE MOUNTAINS WERE COVERED._ Fifteen cubits upward. Estimating the cubit at eighteen inches, then the waters were twenty-three feet above the peaks of the highest mountain, and this accurate measurement of the depth by sounding the plummet would sh... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL FLESH DIED THAT MOVED UPON THE EARTH, BOTH OF FOWL, AND OF CATTLE, AND OF BEAST, AND OF EVERY CREEPING THING THAT CREEPETH UPON THE EARTH, AND EVERY MAN:_ All flesh died that moved upon the earth. The Hebrew word that is commonly rendered "earth" is very frequently used also to denote 'lan... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL IN WHOSE NOSTRILS WAS THE BREATH OF LIFE, OF ALL THAT WAS IN THE DRY LAND, DIED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND EVERY LIVING SUBSTANCE WAS DESTROYED WHICH WAS UPON THE FACE OF THE GROUND, BOTH MAN, AND CATTLE, AND THE CREEPING THINGS, AND THE FOWL OF THE HEAVEN; AND THEY WERE DESTROYED FROM THE EARTH: AND NOAH ONLY REMAINED ALIVE, AND THEY THAT WERE WITH HIM IN THE ARK._ Noah only remained alive, and th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WATERS PREVAILED UPON THE EARTH AN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DAYS._ The waters prevailed. In this calculation, which exhibits the length of time that elapsed ere the waters reached their utmost height, the forty days' rain is most probably included. This very gradual increase of the diluvial water... [ Continue Reading ]