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. Ver. 1. _For thee have I seen righteous before me._] Not only before men, as Pharisees, Luk 16:15 and civil justiciaries, Rom 2:29 but before me who see the inside, an... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 2. _Of every clean beast thou shalt take by sevens._] Three pair for generation, and a single one for sacrifice, after the flood was past. Gen 8:... [ Continue Reading ]
Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. Ver. 3. _Of fowls also._] Such as are of clean kinds, as R. Solomon senseth it. The eagle and the lion were not for sacrifice; like as were the lamb and the dove. "Not many mighty," &c. 1... [ 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. Ver. 4. _For yet seven days, &c._] God could have destroyed them by water, or otherwise, in a far shorter space: But... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him._ Ver. 5. _And Noah did according unto all._] This "All," is a little word, but of large extent. He doth not his master's but his own will, that doth no more than himself will. A dispensatory conscience is an evil conscience. God cries to... [ Continue Reading ]
And Noah [was] six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. Ver. 6. _And Noah was six hundred years old._] He was five hundred old when God first foretold the flood, and promised the old world one hundred and twenty years' respite: but, wearied out with their obstinacy in sin,... [ Continue Reading ]
And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. Ver. 7. _And Noah went in, and his sons, &c._] Not till he was compelled by the coming in of the flood, say the Jews: of no good will, but because there was no other remedy.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Of clean beasts, and of beasts that [are] not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,_ Ver. 8. _And of those that are not clean._] So a Doeg may set his foot as far within the sanctuary as a David: A "generation of vipers" may come to John's baptism, Mat 3:7 as well a... [ Continue Reading ]
There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. Ver. 9. _There went in two and two._] Of their own accord, by divine instinct. Noah was not put to the pains of hunting after them, or driving them in. Only he seems to have been six days in receiv... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. Ver. 10. _The waters of the flood were upon the earth._] God is as faithful in his menaces, as in his promises. Zep 3:5 The wicked think them but wind, but shall feel them to be "fire". Jer 5:14 "Your fathers, w... [ 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. Ver. 11. _In the second month._] In April, as it is thought; then when everything was in its prime... [ Continue Reading ]
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. Ver. 12. _Forty days and forty nights._] This was God's last warning-piece, shot off at these secure sinners, to arouse them, if haply they would awake out of "the snare of the devil," who lay "taken captive by him, at his will": 2Ti 2:26... [ 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; Ver. 13. _In the self-same day._] Things are repeated, that they may be the better observed, and the greatness of the mercy the more acknowle... [ 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. Ver. 14. _They, and every beast after his kind._] Laying aside all their antipathies, and hostili... [ Continue Reading ]
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life. Ver. 15. _And they went in unto Noah._] Of their own accord, by an instinct from God, whose hosts all creatures are called, for their (1.) number, (2.) order, (3.) obedience. _See Trapp on "_ Gen 6:2... [ 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. Ver. 16. _And the Lord shut him in._] A mean office, one would think, for God to shut the door after Noah. He could not well do it himself, the door doubtless being great and heavy, and... [ 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. Ver. 17. _It was lift up above the waters._] Afterwards it went upon the face of the waters, till, at last, the highest hills were covered with waters; the ark floating up... [ Continue Reading ]
And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. Ver. 18. _And the ark went upon the face of the waters._] Where now were those profane scoffers that asked what the old fool meant to build such a vessel? and whether, when he had made... [ Continue Reading ]
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that [were] under the whole heaven, were covered. Ver. 19. _And all the high hills._] So high, some of them, that their tops are above the clouds and winds. And yet, as high as they were, they could not save those from the... [ Continue Reading ]
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. Ver. 20. _Fifteen cubits upward._] So, above any mountain. The Popish fable of Enoch, preserved alive in some high place of the earthly paradise, shall as soon be believed as the Jewish tale of Og (one of the old giants,... [ 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: Ver. 21. _And every man died._] Now these mockers behold that ark with envy, that erst they beheld with scorn; they wish themselves in th... [ Continue Reading ]
_All in whose nostrils [was] the breath of life, of all that [was] in the dry [land], died._ Ver. 22. _All in whose nostrils was the breath of life died, of all that was in the dry land._] This last clause exempts fishes: though the Jews would needs persuade us that these also died; for that the wa... [ 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. Ver. 23. _And every living sub... [ Continue Reading ]
And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. Ver. 24. _A hundred and fifty days._] Reckoning from the first day of the falling of the rain Gen 7:11 unto the end of the sixth month: well might the poet say - Oψε θεων αλεουσι μυλαι, αλεουσι δε λεπτον .... [ Continue Reading ]