And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth [month], on the first [day] of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
5 (P). the tenth month ] Another date is here given. The tops of other mountains were visible on the 1st day of the 10th month. Reckoning 30 days for a month, we thus have an interval of 73 days between the grounding of the ark upon the mountains of Ararat and the visibility of the other mountains.
tops of the mountains ] This detail in the narrative suggests that Ararat was thought to be a lonely peak towering above all the neighbouring mountains.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
5. And the waters decreasedcontinuallyThe decrease of the waters was for wise reasonsexceedingly slow and gradualthe period of their return beingnearly twice as long as that of their rise.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month,…. That is, from the seventeenth of the seventh month, to the first of the tenth month, a space of two months and thirteen days, and being summer time, through the heat of the sun, they decreased apace:
in the tenth [month], on the first [day] of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen; not the tenth month of the flood, but of the year; the month Tammuz, as the Targum of Jonathan, and answers to part of June, and part of July; and the first day of this month, according to Bishop Usher h, was Sunday the nineteenth of July: but according to Jarchi, whom Dr. Lightfoot i follows, this was the month Ab, which answers to July and August, the tenth from Marchesvan, when the rain began.
h Ut supra. (Annales Vet. Test. p. 4.) i Ut supra. (Works, vol 1. p. 6.)
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(5) Seen.See Note on Gen. 8:4.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
5. Waters decreased Hebrews, the waters were going and decreasing (steadily decreasing) until the tenth month . The waters slowly settled for two months and thirteen days after the ark rested, until, on the first day of the tenth month, (of the six hundredth year of Noah’s life,) the mountain tops were seen . The various epochs of the narrative are given in the years, months, and days of the life of Noah . It commenced (Gen 7:11) in his six hundredth year, second month, and seventeenth day, and ended (Gen 8:13) in his six hundred and first year, first month, and first day .
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Gen 8:5. Tops of the mountains seen This is no contradiction to the former verse, in which it is said, that the ark rested on the mountains of Ararat; for it is very easy to conceive, that a vessel of so heavy burden as the ark was, might rest upon the earth when there were several feet of water still prevailing.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
The gradual decrease of the waters, afforded scope to the exercise of Noah’s faith. And is not the same process of mercy made use of now, by way of calling forth the faith and patience of the believer? see Heb 10:36 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth [month], on the first [day] of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
Ver. 5. The waters decreased. ] Not all on the sudden, but by little and little, for exercise of Noah’s faith. “He that believeth maketh not haste”. Isa 28:16 God limiteth our sufferings for time, manner, and measure. Joseph was a prisoner till the time came. Smyrna was in tribulation for ten days. Physic must have a time to work; and gold must lie some while in the fire. “In the opportunity of time,” saith Peter, “God will exalt you.” , 1Pe 5:6 Prescribe not to him, with those Bethulians in Judith; but wait his leisure, and let him do what is good in his own eyes. He waits a fit season to show us mercy, Isa 30:18 and thinks as long of the time as we do.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
first day. Tuesday. (The only day named that is not a Sabbath.)
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
tenth month
i.e. January.
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
decreased continually: Heb. were in going and decreasing, the tenth. Gen 7:11
Reciprocal: Psa 104:8 – They go up
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the {d} tenth month: in the tenth [month], on the first [day] of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
(d) Which was the month of December.