The Chronology having been brought up to Noah's days, the History takes us back (not forward). MEN. sing, with art.. _the man Adam._ See App-14. EARTH. Hebrew. _h'adamah, ground._ THEM: i.e. to Adam and Eve, as in Genesis 1:27 and Genesis 5:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SONS OF GOD. angels. See App-23, and App-26. GOD. _ha-Elohim =_ the Creator. MEN: in contrast with angels. Hebrew. _ha-'adham,_ singular. _the man Adam._ See App-14. THEY: emph. WIVES. women. Genesis 2:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ See App-9. STRIVE. remain in, with Septuagint, Arabic, Syriac, and Vulgate; Occurs only here. MAN: with article, as in verses: Genesis 6:1 and Genesis 6:2. the man Adam, App-14. HE: emphatic, i.e. the man Adam. ALSO: i.e. the man Adam also, as well as the others. (Not "m... [ Continue Reading ]
GIANTS. _Nephilim._ See App-25. THOSE DAYS. "the days of Noah. " ALSO AFTER THAT. after their destruction by the Flood, as well as before it. There was another irruption, the result being like those "of old". See notes on Genesis 12:6 with Genesis 13:7. also App-23 and App-25. RENOWN. Hebrew the... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Jehovah. App-4. WICKEDNESS. lewdness, moral depravity. App-44. GREAT. multiplied. Very emphatic.... [ Continue Reading ]
REPENTED. the Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. LORD. Jehovah, in His covenant relation with mankind.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESTROY. wipe off, blot out.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GENERATIONS. Hebrew. _toledoth =_ family history. man. Hebrew. _'ish._ See App-14. PERFECT. Hebrew. _tamin, without blemish_ as to breed or pedigree. See App-26. All flesh corrupted but Noah's family. See verses: Genesis 6:11; Genesis 6:12. HIS GENERATIONS: his contemporaries. Hebrew. _dor_ (n... [ Continue Reading ]
THREE SONS. See Genesis 9:18; Genesis 10:1. and 1 Chronicles 1:4. See note on Genesis 5:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
CORRUPT: destroyed by being debased. VIOLENCE: the Figure of speech _Metonymy._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL FLESH. Noah's family the only exception. The Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. the Creator in connection with the two beasts for preservation (verses: Genesis 6:13; Genesis 6:22; Genesis 6:9). Jehovah in Genesis 7:1, in connection with the _seven clean_ for sacrifice. See note on Genesis 6:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARK. Hebrew. _tebah =_. floating [building] (not _'aron,_. chest). So in Exodus 2:2; Exodus 2:3. OF. Genitive of material. App-17. ROOMS. nests. PITCH IT. coat it. Hebrew. _kaphar,_ to cover: the only word for "atonement" in O.T. So that it is only atonement that can keep the waters of judgment f... [ Continue Reading ]
CUBIT. The latest approximation gives Genesis 17:5 inches. But this is the "profane" cubit. The sacred cubit was probably about 25 inches.... [ Continue Reading ]
WINDOW. Hebrew. a place for light (Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
I, EVEN I. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6. A FLOOD. Hebrew. _mabbul._ Limited to this account of the Deluge, and Psalms 29:10, which therefore refers to it. The Babylonian tablets of the Epic of Gilgames are the traditional accounts of primitive truths, corrupted in transmission. The inspired... [ Continue Reading ]
COVENANT. First occurrence of the word. and. Note the _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) emph, the assurance given to each.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWO. For preservation of species. In contrast with the "seven" (Genesis 7:2) clean animals, which were for sacrifice. Hence here it is _Elohim_ (verses: Genesis 6:13; Genesis 6:22; Genesis 6:9) as the Creator; while in Genesis 7: it is Jehovah in His covenantrelation. See App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, Septuagint, and Syriac read "and of". EARTH. ground.... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS. See Hebrews 11:17.... [ Continue Reading ]