Genesis 7:15

all flesh … breath of life See note on Genesis 6:17.

two and two See note on Genesis 6:19-20. LXX adds "male and female."

16 (P). as God commanded him This is evidently P's account: notice the use of Elohim, and the phrase itself, cf. Genesis 6:22; Genesis 7:5; Genesis 7:9.

(J) and the Lord shut him in Notice the introduction of Jehovah. These words are evidently from J, and probably originally concluded the previous account of Noah's entry into the ark (Genesis 7:7) before the seven days mentioned in Genesis 7:10, and before the rain (Genesis 7:12).

On the anthropomorphism of this action, see note on Genesis 6:6; and compare Genesis 3:8; Genesis 11:5.

17 (R). forty days Cf. Genesis 7:12, where the rain lasts for 40 days and 40 nights. Here it is the duration of the Flood.

18 (P). the waters prevailed The description given in Genesis 7:17 of the rising waters and of the floating ark is here repeated, in order to introduce the record of the more elaborate details contained in Genesis 7:19.