_NOAH ENTERS THE ARK WITH HIS FAMILY, THE ANIMAL RACE BEING ADMITTED WITH HIM. THE GREAT DEEP IS BROKEN UP; THE CATARACTS OF HEAVEN ARE OPENED; THE RAIN DESCENDS FOR FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHT; AND PREVAILS UPON THE EARTH A HUNDRED AND FIFTY DAYS._... [ Continue Reading ]
GENESIS 7:1. _RIGHTEOUS IN THIS GENERATION_— See note on Genesis 6:8... [ Continue Reading ]
OF EVERY CLEAN BEAST—BY SEVENS—MALE AND FEMALE— _Seven pair_ of clean beasts were to be taken; the Hebrew is _seven seven; by sevens._ Of unclean beasts only one pair was to be taken: the reason for taking each sort is added, Genesis 7:3 _to keep seed alive upon the earth,_ to preserve the several s... [ Continue Reading ]
YET SEVEN DAYS.— This frequent reference to the period of _seven days,_ shews that it was usual to calculate by weeks, a custom prevailing, as is reasonable to suppose, from the very beginning of the world. See ch. Genesis 8:10; Genesis 8:12. on which place Bishop Patrick observes, in agreement with... [ Continue Reading ]
SECOND MONTH—SEVENTEENTH DAY, &C.— The sacred historian is exact in pointing out the period of this awful event; which came to pass on the seventeenth day of the second month of that year, which was the six hundredth of Noah's life. Now, before the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt, the secon... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD SHUT HIM IN— Closed the door after Noah and all the rest had entered; closed it so fast, that the waters could not enter. How God shut the door we need not inquire; it is likely by an angelic power, which conducted the several creatures into the ark. Many writers say this was done by th... [ Continue Reading ]
FIFTEEN CUBITS UPWARD— That is, fifteen cubits, or twenty-two feet and a half, upward, or above the highest mountains. It is plain, as words can make it, from this and the foregoing and the subsequent verses, that the deluge was universal, and not, according to the opinion of some, confined to a cer... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ALL FLESH DIED, &C.— We do ourselves injustice when we read the scriptures as common writings. When God informs us that all the inhabitants of the world were destroyed, except eight persons, he makes use of but few words, leaving it to the consideration of mankind to observe what must necessaril... [ Continue Reading ]