_A.M. 1665. B.C. 2349._ We have in this chapter, (1,) _ God's gracious call to Noah to come into the ark, 1; and to bring the creatures that were to be preserved alive with him, Genesis 7:2, in consideration of the deluge at hand, Genesis 7:4._ (2,) _ Noah's obedience, Genesis 7:5; Genesis 7:13._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Come thou, and all thy house, into the ark_ His family consisted only of eight persons, 1 Peter 3:20, namely, Noah and his three sons, and their four wives, Genesis 6:18. By this it appears that each man had but one wife, and consequently it is probable, that, as polygamy began in the posterity of... [ Continue Reading ]
Here are necessary orders given concerning the brute creatures that were to be preserved alive with Noah in the ark. He must carefully preserve every _species_, that no tribe, no, not the least considerable, might entirely perish out of the creation. Even the unclean beasts, that were least valuable... [ Continue Reading ]
_Yet seven days_ Or after seven days, which time the long- suffering of God (1Pe 3:20) granted to the world, as a further space for repentance, of which, therefore, it is probable, Noah gave them notice. And it is not unlikely that many of them, who slighted the threatening when it was at the distan... [ Continue Reading ]
_In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, second month, the seventeenth day_ It must be observed here, that the year among the Hebrews was two-fold: the one _sacred_, for the celebration of feasts, beginning in March, Exodus 12:12; the other _civil_, for men's political or civil affairs, beginning... [ Continue Reading ]
_Forty days and forty nights_ By proceeding in this gradual way, God, it is hoped, both awakened many to repentance, and gave them space for it.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Every beast after his kind_ According to the phrase used in the history of the creation, Genesis 1:21, to intimate, that as many species as were created were now saved. _Every fowl and every bird_ The former word in the original signifies the larger, the latter, the less sort of birds; _of every so... [ Continue Reading ]
_All the high hills, and the mountains were covered_ Therefore, there were hills and mountains before the flood. Deists, and other infidels, would persuade us that this was impossible, because of the vast height of divers hills and mountains. But, not to mention here that this fact has been establis... [ Continue Reading ]
_All flesh died; all that was on the dry land_ And why so? Man only had done wickedly, and justly is God's hand against him, but _these sheep, what have they done?_ I answer, 1st, We are sure God did them no wrong. He is the sovereign Lord of all life; for he is the sole fountain and author of it. H... [ Continue Reading ]