Genesis 8:1-22 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:5

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... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:6

And it came to pass at the end of forty days ,.... From the appearance of the mountains, that is, from the first day of the tenth month, to forty days after; and being ended, this must be the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the month Ab, which answers to July and August; and according to Bishop Usher F11 Ut supra. (Annales Vet. Test. p. 4.) it was Friday the twenty eighth of August: that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made ; of which See Gill on Genesis 6:16 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:7

And he sent forth a raven ,.... That by it he might make his observation, how high or low the waters were upon the earth; and the rather he sent out the raven, a bird of prey, which feeds on carrion, that if the earth had been dry, the smell of the dead carcasses would have invited it to go far off from the ark, and not return; but if not, he would see it again: which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from the earth ; or, "and it went forth, going forth and returning"... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:8

Also he sent forth a dove from him ,.... Seven days after he had sent out the raven, as in Genesis 8:10 . to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground ; for the dove is a creature that delights in cleanness, flies low, and goes far off, so that if it returned not again, he might conclude that the waters were gone off the earth; but being a sociable creature, and familiar to men, and especially loving to its mate, if they were not gone off, it would certainly return... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:9

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark ,.... It being a creature that feeds upon seeds it picks off from the ground, and loving cleanness, it could find no place where it could alight, and have food to live upon, and retain its cleanness; for though the tops of the mountains were clear of the waters, yet they might be muddy and filthy with what the waters had raised up in them, or left upon them; and therefore it returned to Noah again,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:10

And he stayed yet other seven days ,.... As he had stayed seven days between the sending out of the raven and the dove, so he stayed seven days more after he had sent out the dove, and it returned to him, waiting patiently for his deliverance, and the signs of it; though he could have been glad to have known its near approach, for which he made the experiments be did: and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark ; very probably the selfsame dove he had sent out before. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:11

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 returned to Noah at the evening for food and dwelling in the ark: and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off : which might easily be done, and even an "olive branch", as the word sometimes signifies, and is by some F16 עלה זית "ramum olivae", V. L. so Ainsworth, see Neh.... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:12

And he stayed yet other seven days ,.... After the dove had returned: and sent forth the dove ; the same dove again: which returned not again unto him any more : the earth being dry, it found rest for the sole of its feet, sufficient food to eat, and a proper place for its habitation; and liking to be at liberty, and in the open air, chose not to return to the ark, even though its mate was there: of those birds sent out, the Heathen writers make mention: Abydenus says F19 Apud... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:13

And it came to pass, in the six hundred and first year ,.... Of Noah's life, and so the Septuagint adds, in the first month: the first day of the month ; so that it was the first day of the year, New Year's Day, and a joyful one it was to Noah and his family, when they saw dry ground; which they had not seen for above ten months: according to R. Joshua, this was the month Nisan, which was the first month with the Jews on sacred accounts; but according to R. Eliezer it was the month of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:14

And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month ,.... This was the month Marchesvan, as the Targum of Jonathan, which answers to part of our October, and part of our November; though according to Bishop Usher F25 Ut supra. (Annales Vet. Test. p. 4.) , this day was Friday the eighteenth of December, A. M. 1657; it was on the seventeenth of this month that Noah went into the ark, Genesis 7:11 so that be was in it twelve months and ten days, according to a solar... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:14

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