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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:1-6

God the Savior inviting faith. "Come thou and all thy house into the ark," &c.; Covenant mercy. A type of the Christian Church, with its special privilege and defense, surrounded with the saving strength of God. I. DIVINE PREPARATION . Providence . The ark. 1. Human agency under inspired direction. The word of God. The institutions of religion. The fellowship of saints. 2. A preparation made in the face of and in spite of an opposing world The history of the Church... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:1-9

The ark entered. I. THE INVITATION OF JEHOVAH . "Come thou and all thy house into the ark." This invitation was— 1. Timely . It was given on the finishing of the ark, and therefore not too soon; also seven days before the Flood, and therefore not too late. God's interventions in his people's behalf are always opportune: witness me exodus from Egypt, the deliverance at the Red Sea, the destruction of Sennacherib's army; Christ's walking on the sea, sleeping in the boat, rising... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:2

Of every clean beast . That the distinction between clean and unclean animals was at this time understood is easier to believe than that the writer would perpetrate the glaring anachronism of introducing in prediluvian times what only took its rise several centuries later (Kalisch). That this distinction was founded on nature, "every tribe of mankind being able to distinguish between the sheep and the hyena, the dove and the vulture" ('Speaker's Commentary'), or "on an immediate conscious... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:3

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female . I .e. of clean fowls, "which he leaves to be understood out of the foregoing verse" (Poole). The Samaritan, Syriac, and LXX . (not so Vulgate, Onkelos, Arabic) insert the word "clean unnecessarily, and also add," και Ì α ̓ πο Ì πα ì ντων τω ͂ ν πετεινω ͂ ν τω ͂ νν μη Ì καθαρω ͂ ν δυ ì ο δυ ì ο α ̓ ì ρσεν και Ì θη ͂ λυ , " manifestly to make the verse resemble... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 7:1-9

- The Ark Was Entered2. טהור ṭâhôr “clean, fit for food or sacrifice.”4. יקוּם yeqûm “standing thing; what grows up, whether animal or plant.” Compare קמה qāmâh “stalk, or standing corn.”Genesis 7:1-4Here is found the command to enter the ark. The general direction in the preceding chapter was given many years ago, before the ark was commenced. Now, when it is completed, a more specific command is issued. “For thee have I seen righteous before me.” Noah has accepted the mercy of God, is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 7:1

Genesis 7:1. Come thou, and all thy house, into the ark His family consisted only of eight persons, 1 Peter 3:20, namely, Noah and his three sons, and their four wives, Genesis 6:18. By this it appears that each man had but one wife, and consequently it is probable, that, as polygamy began in the posterity of Cain, so it was confined to them, and had not, as yet, got footing among the sons of God. For if ever polygamy had been allowable, it must have been now for repeopling of the perishing... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 7:2

Genesis 7:2. Here are necessary orders given concerning the brute creatures that were to be preserved alive with Noah in the ark. He must carefully preserve every species, that no tribe, no, not the least considerable, might entirely perish out of the creation. Even the unclean beasts, that were least valuable, were preserved alive in the ark. For God’s tender mercies are over all his works, and not only over those that are of most use; yet more of the clean were preserved than of the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:1-24

The flood (6:9-8:19)Amid the corruption, there was one man, Noah, who remained faithful to God. Therefore, God promised to preserve Noah, along with his family, so that when the former evil race had been destroyed, he could use Noah and his family to build a new people (9-12; cf. Hebrews 11:7; 2 Peter 2:4-5; 2 Peter 2:4-5).God’s means of destruction was a great flood. Besides preserving Noah and his family, God preserved a pair of each kind of animals in the region, thereby helping to maintain... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 7:1

LORD = Jehovah in His covenant-relation with Noah, and in connection with the seven clean beasts for sacrifice. See note on Genesis 6:12 , Genesis 6:19 . house = household. Metonymy (of subject). App-6 . generation. Hebrew. dor, as in Genesis 6:9 = those who were then alive: Noah's contemporaries. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 7:2

clean. For sacrifice Leviticus 1:2 , Leviticus 1:10 , Leviticus 1:14 , &c, sevens. For propagation. two. See note on Genesis 6:19 ; Genesis 6:12 . read more

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