GENESIS CHAPTER 6 Unlawful matches of the sons of God with the daughters of men, GENESIS 6:1, grieve the Spirit of God, who threatens their destruction, GENESIS 6:3. Giants and mighty men born; a general degeneracy of mankind, GENESIS 6:4. God repents that he had made man, and resolves to destroy th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SONS OF GOD; either, 1. Persons of greatest eminency for place and power, for such are called _gods, _ and _children of the Most High,_ PSALMS 82:6; where also they are opposed to _men,_ GENESIS 6:7, i.e. to meaner men. And the most eminent things in their kinds are attributed to God, as _cedar... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD SAID; either, 1. To the men of that age by the mouth of Noah; or, 2. Within himself; _\see PSALMS 14:1\_ he determined. STRIVE WITH MAN, or, _contend, _ or, _debate in_ or _against men, _ as it hath hitherto done, by inward motions and suggestions in the minds and consciences of wicked men... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 2469_ GIANTS; men so called, partly from their high stature, but principally for their great strength and force, whereby they oppressed and tyrannized over others: for this is mentioned as another sin, and cause of the flood; and therefore they seem to be here noted, not for the height of their st... [ Continue Reading ]
To the heart the Scripture commonly ascribes all men's actual wickedness, as PSALMS 41:6 PROVERBS 4:23, PROVERBS 6:14, PROVERBS 6:18, JEREMIAH 17:9, MATTHEW 15:19 ROMANS 3:10, &c.; thereby leading us from acts of sin to the original corruption of nature, as the cause and source of them. EVIL CONTINU... [ Continue Reading ]
_ 2448_ Properly God _cannot repent,_ NUMBERS 23:19 1 SAMUEL 15:11, 1 SAMUEL 15:29, because he is unchangeable in his nature and counsels, ZECHARIAH 3:6 JAMES 1:17, and perfectly wise, and constantly happy, and therefore not liable to any grief or disappointment. But this is spoken of God after the... [ Continue Reading ]
BOTH MAN AND BEAST; for as the beasts were made for man's use and service, so they are destroyed for man's punishment, and to discover the malignity of sin, and God's deep abhorrency thereof, by destroying those innocent creatures that had been made instrumental to it.... [ Continue Reading ]
i.e. Obtained mercy and favour; which is noted to show that Noah was so far guilty of the common corruption of human nature, that he needed God's grace and mercy to pardon and preserve him from the common destruction.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH; either, 1. Properly the posterity of Noah, as the word is commonly used, and as it is explained GENESIS 6:10. So the rest of this verse comes in by way of parenthesis, which is frequent. Or, 2. The events or occurrences which befell Noah and his family, as the word is take... [ Continue Reading ]
No text from Poole on this verse. SEE POOLE ON "GENESIS 5:32... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EARTH is here put for its inhabitants, as 1 KINGS 10:24 EZEKIEL 14:13. BEFORE GOD, or, _before the face of God; _ q.d. in despite and contempt of God, and of his presence and justice. Compare GENESIS 10:9, and GENESIS 13:13: q. d. They sinned openly and impudently without shame, boldly and resol... [ Continue Reading ]
All men, as the word _flesh_ is taken, PSALMS 78:39 ISAIAH 40:5, and oft elsewhere, HAD CORRUPTED HIS WAY; either, 1. God's way, his precepts concerning religion and righteousness; or, 2. Their own way or manner of living.... [ Continue Reading ]
i.e. The time of ruin, as this word is used, EZEKIEL 7:2, EZEKIEL 7:6, AMOS 8:2, OF ALL FLESH, to all men, as GENESIS 6:12, though the beasts also were involved in the same destruction, IS COME, i.e. is approaching, and at the very door, and shall as certainly come as if it were actually come. BEFOR... [ Continue Reading ]
AN ARK; a little ship made in the form of an ark or chest, but probably sloping at the bottom for the convenience of navigation, as it was for another reason sloping at the top. GOPHER WOOD: this word is but once used in Scripture, and therefore it is diversely rendered by the learned; by some _pine... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS THE FASHION, or, _this_ is the measure, or the manner according to WHICH THOU SHALT MAKE IT; and it was a just and regular proportion, the length being six times more than the breadth, and ten times more than the height. There is no need to understand this of geometrical cubits, which are sa... [ Continue Reading ]
A WINDOW, or _a light; _ or _lights, _ or _windows; _ the singular number being put for the plural, which is most frequent: or it might be one great light or lantern, by which light might be derived and distributed into several rooms. SHALT THOU FINISH IT ABOVE, i.e. either, 1. The window, which wa... [ Continue Reading ]
I, EVEN I, which is thus emphatically repeated, to signify that this flood did not proceed from natural causes, but from the immediate hand and judgment of God, DO BRING, i.e. will assuredly and speedily bring, ALL FLESH, i.e. all men, birds, and beasts. EVERY THING THAT IS IN THE EARTH. This limita... [ Continue Reading ]
Either, 1. My promise to preserve thee and thine, both till the flood and in it, notwithstanding all the scoffs and threats of the wicked world against thee all the time of thy preaching and building of the ark. The word COVENANT being here understood, not of a mutual compact or agreement, but of a... [ Continue Reading ]
OF ALL FLESH TWO; i.e. either, 1. By couples, or male and female; but this is mentioned as a distinct thing in the close of the verse. Or rather, 2. Two at least of every sort, even of the unclean; but of the clean more, as is noted GENESIS 7:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER THEIR KIND, i.e. according to their several kinds. They SHALL COME UNTO THEE of their own accord, by my impulse, or by the conduct of angels, as GENESIS 2:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
See GENESIS 1:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
Both for the matter and the manner of it, although the work of building the ark was laborious, costly, tedious, dangerous, and seemingly foolish and ridiculous; especially when all things continued in the same posture and safety for so many scores of years together; whereby Noah, without doubt, was... [ Continue Reading ]