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Verse Genesis 6:16. _A WINDOW SHALT THOU MAKE_] What this was cannot
be absolutely ascertained. The original word צהר _tsohar_ signifies
_clear_ or _bright_; the Septuagint translate it by
επωυναγων,...
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- Section VI - The Deluge
- XXIII. The Ark
9. דור _dôr_ “age, time from birth to death,” applied either
to an individual or the whole contemporary race, running parallel with
some leading individua...
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IV. THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH
CHAPTER 6:9-22
Before the Flood
_ 1. Noah walked with God (Genesis 6:9)_
2. The earth filled with violence (Genesis 6:11)
3. The building of the ark commanded (Genesis...
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J gives no explanation of the universal wickedness which caused God to
repent man's creation, but the previous narrative has prepared for it.
Probably, however, the story, which begins abruptly, has l...
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THE FLOOD. This section has been very skilfully composed from both J
and P. There are numerous repetitions: Genesis 6:5 and Genesis 6:12
f.; Genesis 7:7 and...
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WINDOW. Hebrew. a place for light (Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:6)....
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_Alight_ Perhaps better than _a roof_. The word so rendered
(_ṣôhar_) only occurs here in the singular: in the dual it is the
regular Heb. word for "noonday." Accepting the rendering which
connects it...
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_A WINDOW SHALT THOU MAKE TO THE ARK, AND IN A CUBIT SHALT THOU FINISH
IT ABOVE; AND THE DOOR OF THE ARK SHALT THOU SET IN THE SIDE THEREOF;
WITH LOWER, SECOND, AND THIRD STORIES SHALT THOU MAKE IT._...
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‘Finish the roof to half a metre at the top.’ We do not know what
this means. Perhaps it means, ‘Make a gap at the top. The width of
the gap must be half a metre.’ The gap would let air blow into the...
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 6
PEOPLE ARE VERY WICKED
V1 At that time, men began to increase on the earth. Many daughters
were born for them. V2 Then the sons of God saw that...
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A WINDOW. — Not the word so rendered in Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:2,
which means a _lattice;_ nor that in. Genesis 8:6, which means an
_aperture;_ but “zohar,” _light, brightness._ In the dual,
_double-...
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צֹ֣הַר ׀ תַּֽעֲשֶׂ֣ה לַ † תֵּבָ֗ה וְ
אֶל...
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THE FLOOD
Genesis 5:1; Genesis 6:1; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 8:1; Genesi
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NOAH BUILDS THE ARK
Genesis 6:9
Human sin had reached an awful climax. Sooner or later its results
must have swept the human race from the earth, as smallpox will slay
every native on some infected i...
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With the passing of the centuries, the degeneration of the individual
and the family became that of society. There had been intermixture
between the descendants of Cain and those of Seth, resulting in...
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GOD SAVED NOAH
The one righteous man on earth, Noah, and his family were saved by God
(Genesis 6:8). Noah was "just" in that he lived in accord with God's
will. He was "perfect," or upright, in that h...
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A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish
it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof;
[with] (1) lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou mak...
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In a cubit. This is understood by some, of the height of the window;
by others, of the roof, which would be almost flat, like the top of a
coach. Menoch supposes, that the whole ark was to be measured...
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There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention
may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with
facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6, 7, AND 8.
Finally we find power and force here below, the result, of the sons of
God not keeping their first estate, of apostasy; and God executes
judgment...
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A WINDOW SHALT THOU MAKE TO THE ARK,.... Or a "light", such as is that
at noon, for which the word in the dual number is used; and therefore
Junius and Tremellius translate it a "clear light". The Jew...
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A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish
it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof;
[with] lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make it...
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1 The wickednesse of the world, which prouoked Gods wrath, and caused
the Flood.
8 Noah findeth grace.
13 The order, forme, and end of the Arke.
1 AND it came to passe, when men began to multiply o...
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The Command to Build and Equip the Ark...
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A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish
it above. The Hebrew text here indicates that an arrangement was made
by which light and air could enter the ark, a light-opening,...
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THIRD PART
THE GENESIS OF THE WORLD’S JUDGMENT AND OF THE WORLD’S RENEWING BY
MEANS OF THE FLOOD. THE FLOOD AND THE DROWNED RACE. THE ARK AND THE
SAVED HUMANITY. (THE ARK AS A TYPE OF THE PIOUS FAMIL...
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MAN'S DEGRADATION TO CORRUPTION AND VIOLENCE
It was not long before mankind multiplied greatly on earth, and the
dreadful effects of sin multiplied with them. this is emphasized in
the corrupt mixture...
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12-21 God told Noah his purpose to destroy the wicked world by water.
The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, Psalms 25:14. It is
with all believers, enabling them to understand and apply...
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A WINDOW, or _a light; _ or _lights, _ or _windows; _ the singular
number being put for the plural, which is most frequent: or it might
be one great light or lantern, by which light might be derived a...
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Genesis 9:1-29
We have, now, arrived at a deeply-important and strongly-marked
division of our book. Enoch has passed off the scene. His walk, as a
stranger on earth, has terminated in his translation...
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Genesis 6:16 make H6213 (H8799) window H6672 ark H8392 finish H3615
(H8762) cubit H520 above H4605 set...
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THE COMMAND TO PREPARE FOR THE FLOOD (GENESIS 6:14)
Genesis 6:14
‘Make yourself an ark of gopher wood, make rooms (or alternatively
‘reeds' - which involves the same consonants, but different vowel
s...
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Genesis 6:16
I. When Noah was building his ark, God gave him a command, "A window
shalt thou make to the ark," and this window was to be made in the
roof. Its purpose was (1) to let in the light and a...
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Gen. 6-7
A long period elapsed between the commencement of the building of the
ark and the actual flood. During that period we notice: (1) the
strength of Noah's faith. God has told him of a deluge of...
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CONTENTS: Flood announced. Compromise of sons of God with daughters of
men.
CHARACTERS: Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth.
CONCLUSION: The true believer can float in peace on the very waters by
which the wic...
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Genesis 6:2. _Sons of God._ Some understand this expression of Seth's
sons, who intermarried with Cain's daughters, but assign no reason for
their being called the _daughters of men._ Others understan...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 6:9 Noah’s Descendants. Chapters Genesis
6:1 describe a flood that leads to a renewal of the earth—a reminder
of the creation account of...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 6:14. Gopher wood.] Probably, “cypress” (Conant, Davies);
“pitch-trees, resinous trees” (Gesenius); “a hard, strong tree,
precise kind unknown” (Fürst).—
GENESIS 6:18. ESTABL...
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§ 4. THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH (CH. 6:9-9:29).
EXPOSITION
GENESIS 6:9
THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH. "Novi capitis initium = "haec est
historia Noachi (Rosenmüller; cf. Genesis 5:1). Noah
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Chapter six.
It came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth,
and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the
daughters of men that they were fair; and they took...
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window. Genesis 8:6 2 Samuel 6:16 2 Kings 9:30 the door. Genesis 7:16
Luke 13:25
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NOAH AND THE ARK
Genesis 6:11
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There is a verse in the New Testament which reads: "As the days of Noe
were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be."
1. ONE CANNOT BUT MARVE...