And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. The prevalence of the waters. The forty days are now completed. And at the end of this period the ark had been afloat for a long time. It was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:17”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:16
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. Gen 7:16 And the Lord shut him in The door was shut I. IT TEACHES US, AS GOD IS THE AUTHOR SO IS HE THE FINISHER OF OUR WORK. God implants … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:16”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:15
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life. 15. all flesh breath of life ] See note on Gen 6:17. two and two ] See note on Gen 6:19-20. LXX adds “male and female.” 16 (P). as God commanded him ] This … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:15”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:14
They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 14. kind ] See note on Gen 1:12 and Gen 6:20. of every sort ] Heb. wing. Literally, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:14”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:13
In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 13. In the selfsame day ] Observe that P represents the Flood as ommencing on the same day (cf. Gen 7:11) that Noah entered … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:13”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:12
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. Verse 12. The rain was upon the earth] Dr. Lightfoot supposes that the rain began on the 18th day of the second month, or Marcheshvan, and that it ceased on the 28th of the third month, Cisleu. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:12”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 11. the second month, on the seventeenth day ] P gives, according to its fondness for statistics, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:11”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:10
And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. Gen 7:10 to Gen 8:14. The Account of the Flood, compiled from J and P 10. after the seven days ] The seven days mentioned in Gen 7:4, the period during which Noah and his family were … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:10”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:9
There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. 9. two and two ] Apparently these words are introduced in order to harmonize the account in this verse with the command in Gen 6:19, and with the description in Gen 7:15. There is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:9”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:8
Of clean beasts, and of beasts that [are] not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 8. and of fowls ] There is no mention of a distinction between clean and not clean in the birds and the creeping things, see note on Gen 7:3. The mention of a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 7:8”