And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth [was] an (f) olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
(f) Which was a sign that the waters were much diminished: for the olives do not grow on the high mountains.
- The Land Was Dried 1. שׁכך _shākak_ “stoop, assuage.” 3. חסר _chāsar_ “want, fail, be abated.” 4. אררט _'ărārāṭ_, “Ararat,” a land forming part of Armenia. It is mentioned in 2 Kings 19:37,
CHAPTER 8 Noah Remembered _ 1. Noah remembered (Genesis 8:1)_ 2. The ark resting (Genesis 8:4) 3. The raven sent forth (Genesis 8:6) 4. The sending forth of the dove ...
The mention of the rain (Genesis 8:2_ b_) comes from J, and since Genesis 8:3_ b_ with its dating belongs to P, Genesis 8:3_ a_ may be assigned to J. With Genesis
OLIVE LEAF. Hebrew. newly-sprouted olive leaf....
_at eventide_ i.e. at the time when the dove would return to roost; implying a long absence from the ark. _an olive leaf pluckt off_ Better, as R.V. marg., _a fresh olive leaf_. This would shew two th...
The Story of the Raven and the Dove. (J.) 6. _at the end of forty days_ The forty days mentioned in Genesis 7:4; Genesis 7:12. _the window_ LXX θυρίδα, Lat. _fenestram_. This was not mentioned by P in...
PART TWENTY-TWO: THE WORLD AFTER THE FLOOD (Genesis 8:1-22; Genesis 9:1-29) 1. _The Subsidence of the Flood_ (Genesis 8:1-14). And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle
_AND THE DOVE CAME IN TO HIM IN THE EVENING; AND, LO, IN HER MOUTH WAS AN OLIVE LEAF PLUCKT OFF: SO NOAH KNEW THAT THE WATERS WERE ABATED FROM OFF THE EARTH._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
8:11 low (d-27) Or 'light.'...
The kind of tree was an ‘olive’ tree. Nowadays people use a picture of a dove that carries a leaf of an olive tree. It is a sign that means ‘peace’. V13 When Noah had lived for 601 years, the water d...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 8 THE FLOOD ENDS V1 But God remembered Noah. And God remembered all the animals that were with Noah in the *ark. And God made a wind blow over th...
(10-12) AGAIN HE SENT FORTH THE DOVE... — When, after another week’s delay, Noah again sent forth the dove, it remained away until “the time of evening,” finding both food and ground on which it could...
וַ תָּבֹ֨א אֵלָ֤יו הַ יֹּונָה֙ לְ עֵ֣ת
THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1; Genesis 6:1; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 8:1; Genesi
NOAH LEAVES THE ARK Genesis 8:1 Traditions of the Flood are found in every country, from the tablets of Babylon to the rude carvings of the Aztecs, proving man's common origin. “God remembered Noah.”...
Upborne on the billows of judgment, the Ark rode securely, holding within it the nucleus of a new departure in human history. When the work of judgment was fully accomplished, the waters decreased, an...
A THANKSGIVING SACRIFICE The flood lasted one year and ten days (Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:14). Noah's first act on the renewed earth was to offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving. It could be viewed as a sa...
_Green leaves. The olive tree preserves its verdure and grows even at the bottom of the Red sea, and other seas in the East. (Pliny, Natural History xii. 25.) --- Many other trees and seeds will live...
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...
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...
AND THE DOVE CAME IN TO HIM IN THE EVENING,.... It having been out all day delighting itself in a free air, and perching upon the trees, but yet not finding sufficient food, or a proper lodging, it re...
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth [was] an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. Ver. 11. _In her mouth was an olive leaf...
Noah _sent forth a raven_ Through the window of the ark; _which went forth_ As the Hebrew phrase is, _going forth and returning;_ that is, flying about, but returning to the ark for rest; probably not...
1 The waters asswage. 4 The Arke resteth on Ararat. 7 The rauen and the doue. 15 Noah, being commanded, 18 goeth forth of the Arke. 20 He buildeth an Altar, and offereth sacrifice, 21 which God...
and the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf, plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. Noah continued to give evidence of the pa...
The Sending of the Raven and the Dove...
THIRD SECTION _The Ark, and the Saved and Renewed Humanity_ GENESIS 8:1-19 1And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark; and God made a wind to p...
A RENEWED EARTH The five months of floating on a shoreless sea would seem interminable to Noah and his family, and it can be well imagined that they would feel that God had forgotten them. "But God re...
4-12 The ark rested upon a mountain, whither it was directed by the wise and gracious providence of God, that might rest the sooner. God has times and places of rest for his people after their tossin...
THE DOVE CAME IN TO HIM IN THE EVENING, as the manner of doves is, partly for better accommodation, both for food and lodging, than yet she could meet with abroad; and partly from her love to her mate...
Genesis 8:11 dove H3123 came H935 (H8799) evening H6256 H6153 plucked H2965 olive H2132 leaf H5929 mouth...
STAGES OF DELIVERANCE (GENESIS 8:4) Genesis 8:4 ‘On the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains (or hills) of Ararat, and the waters continued going...
Genesis 8:1. _And God remembered Noah,_ Noah had been shut up in the ark for many a day, and at the right time God thought of him, practically thought of him, and came to visit him. Dear heart, you h...
CONTENTS: Waters receding, exit from the ark. Noah's altar. CHARACTERS: Noah and family. CONCLUSION: When judgment days are past, the believer will find himself safely landed in a better world. KEY...
Genesis 8:3. _The waters returned from off the earth continually._ The Hebrew, חלוךְ ושׁוב _cha-loveck ve-shou._ Montanus renders _eundo et redeundo,_ the going and coming of the waters. The word is u...
_But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot and she returned unto him into the ark_ THE DOVE’S RETURN TO THE ARK I. LOOK AT THE DOVE SETTING OUT UPON HER VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. Why did she fl...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 8:6. Window.] Properly, “hole:” not the same word as in ch. Genesis 6:16.— GENESIS 8:7. RAVEN.] Probably so called from its blackness (Gesenius, Fürst): from its cry or croa...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 8:1 AND GOD. _Elohim, i.e. God in _his most universal relation to his creatures. The supposition of two different accounts or histories being intermingled in the narrative of the F...
The eighth chapter begins with the words, And God remembered Noah (Genesis 8:1), Let me tell you this, God never forgot him. It is important that we realize that in the Bible, there are terms that ar...
an olive. Nehemiah 8:15 Zechariah 4:12 Romans 10:15...
THE ASSUAGING OF THE WATERS Genesis 8:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. There is a striking verse in 2 Peter 3:6, which reads: "Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: but the...