Genesis 6:15

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 6:15

15. And this is the fashion—According to the description, the ark was not a ship, but an immense house in form and structure like the houses in the East, designed not to sail, but only to float. Assuming the cubit to be 21.888 inches, the ark would be five hundred forty-seven feet long, ninety-one feet two inches wide, and forty-seven feet two inches high. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 6:9-22

1. The Flood 6:9-8:22The chiastic (palistrophic, crossing) structure of this section shows that Moses intended to emphasize God’s grace to Noah, which occupies the central part of the story."One mark of the coherence of the flood narrative is to be found in its literary structure. The tale is cast in the form of an extended palistrophe, that is a structure that turns back on itself. In a palistrophe the first item matches the final item, the second item matches the penultimate item, and so on.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 6:9-29

D. What became of Noah 6:9-9:29The Lord destroyed the corrupt, violent human race and deluged its world, but He used righteous Noah to preserve life and establish a new world after the Flood."Noah’s experience presents decisively the author’s assertion that the Lord judges human sin but provides a means for perpetuating the creation blessing (Genesis 1:26-28) and the salvation hope for an elect seed (Genesis 3:15). The recurring theme of blessing, threatened by sin but preserved by divine... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 6:13-16

Notice again that the earth and nature suffer because of human sin (cf. Genesis 3:17-19; Genesis 4:12; Romans 8:20-21).Noah received detailed instructions that he was to follow in building the ark. Later Moses received detailed instructions that he was to follow in building the tabernacle. Both men followed their respective instructions and received praise (Genesis 6:22; Exodus 39:42-43; Leviticus 8:36; Numbers 27:22; Deuteronomy 34:9). Both men inaugurated a new epoch. In this respect Moses... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:5-17

The FloodThis narrative records the judgment of God upon the sinful forefathers of mankind, and His preservation of a righteous family, in whom the divine purposes for men might be carried out. The spiritual teaching of Noah’s deliverance has always been recognised by Christians, who see in the ark a symbol of the Church into which they are admitted by baptism, God thereby graciously providing for their deliverance from the wrath and destruction due to sin. The story of the Flood was fittingly... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:5-22

The FloodThis narrative records the judgment of God upon the sinful forefathers of mankind, and His preservation of a righteous family, in whom the divine purposes for men might be carried out. The spiritual teaching of Noah's deliverance has always been recognised by Christians, who see in the ark a symbol of the Church into which they are admitted by baptism, God thereby graciously providing for their deliverance from the wrath and destruction due to sin. The story of the Flood was fittingly... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 6:15

(15) Cubits.—The cubit is the length of the arm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. As, further, it was regarded as one-fourth of a man’s height, we may safely compute it at eighteen inches, except where the sacred or longer cubit is expressly mentioned. Thus the ark was 450 feet long, 75 broad, and 45 in depth. The Great Eastern is much larger, being: 680 feet in length. However simple her construction, there would be great difficulty in building so large a vessel, from the danger... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 6:1-22

The Lesson of the Tower Genesis 6:4 The form of this story belongs to the early stages of an ascending scale of civilization. The soul of the narrative is for all time. Take one obvious aspect of that soul. The builders of city and tower were men of great ambition. They would dare high things and they would do them. This is well, for God made us all for ambition. But it is part of the tragedy of our humanity that each day we are tempted to sully ambition with some phase of latent or expressed... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:1-22

THE FLOODGenesis 5:1-32; Genesis 6:1-22; Genesis 7:1-24; Genesis 8:1-22; Genesis 9:1-29THE first great event which indelibly impressed itself on the memory of the primeval world was the Flood. There is every reason to believe that this catastrophe was co-extensive with the human population of the world. In every branch of the human family traditions of the event are found. These traditions need not be recited, though some of them bear a remarkable likeness to the Biblical story, while others... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Genesis 6:9-22

IV. THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH CHAPTER 6:9-22 Before the Flood 1. Noah walked with God (Genesis 6:9-10 ) 2. The earth filled with violence (Genesis 6:11-13 ) 3. The building of the ark commanded (Genesis 6:14-21 ) 4. Noah’s obedience (Genesis 6:22 ) It was grace which constituted Noah just and enabled him to walk with God. Hebrews 11:7 gives a full definition of Noah’s faith. Seven things are shown concerning Noah: Warned of God -- The ground of faith Things not seen -- The realm of... read more

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 6:15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 6:9-22

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 6:9-29

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 6:13-16

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:5-17

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:5-22

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 6:15

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 6:1-22

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:1-22

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Genesis 6:9-22

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