Genesis 6:16 ASV

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 6:1-22

With the passing of the centuries, the degeneration of the individual and the family became that of society. There had been intermixture between the descendants of Cain and those of Seth, resulting in the Nephilim. These were strong and godless men, ultimately swept away by the Flood. The description of life is a terrible one. "The wickedness of man was great" that describes the outward condition; "every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually" that describes the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Genesis 6:11-22

Noah and the Ark Genesis 6:11-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is a verse in the New Testament which reads: "As the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." 1. One cannot but marvel that the Lord went on and specified the eating and drinking, the marrying and giving in marriage, as certain parallelisms between Noah's day and the day of the Lord's Return. He was, of course, speaking not merely of the fact that they ate, or that they married. He referred to the method and... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:1-22

“The Histories of the Sons of Noah” - The Flood (Genesis 6:9 b - Genesis 10:1 a) - TABLET IV It has been common practise among a large number of scholars to seek to split the flood narrative into different so-called ‘documents’. This has partly resulted from not comparing them closely enough with ancient writings as a whole and partly from over-enthusiasm for a theory. There is little real justification for it. Repetitiveness was endemic among ancient writings, and is therefore not a hint of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:14-22

The Command to Prepare for the Flood (Genesis 6:14-22 ) Genesis 6:14-16 ‘Make yourself an ark of gopher wood, make rooms (or alternatively ‘reeds’ - which involves the same consonants, but different vowel signs which were a later addition) in the ark and cover it with pitch both inside and out. And you will make it like this, the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. Make a slit for the entry of light for the ark, and... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:5-22

Genesis 6:5-Song of Solomon : . J gives no explanation of the universal wickedness which caused God to repent man’ s creation, but the previous narrative has prepared for it. Probably, however, the story, which begins abruptly, has lost something at the beginning. Observe the strong anthropomorphism in Genesis 6:6, characteristic of J but combined with a lofty conception of God. P’ s narrative begins with Genesis 6:9. This writer does not account for the prevalence of violence. The ark or... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 6:16

A window, or a light; or lights, or windows; the singular number being put for the plural, which is most frequent: or it might be one great light or lantern, by which light might be derived and distributed into several rooms. Shalt thou finish it above, i.e. either, 1. The window, which was to be a cubit square. Or rather, 2. The ark; as appears, 1. From the gender of the Hebrew affix, which is feminine, and therefore agrees with the ark, which in the Hebrew is of the feminine gender, not with... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 6:14-22

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 6:14. Gopher wood.] Probably, “cypress” (Conant, Davies); “pitch-trees, resinous trees” (Gesenius); “a hard, strong tree, precise kind unknown” (Fürst).—Genesis 6:18. Establish.] Or, “set up again,” “restore,” as in Amos 9:11; cf. 1 Peter 4:19.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Genesis 6:14-22THE DIVINELY-ACHIEVED SAFETY OF THE GOOD, AND ITS CONNECTION WITH THE LIFE-GIVING AGENCIES OF THE MATERIAL UNIVERSEI. That God is never at a loss for a method whereby to achieve the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:1-22

Gen. 6-7 A long period elapsed between the commencement of the building of the ark and the actual flood. During that period we notice: (1) the strength of Noah's faith. God has told him of a deluge of which there is no appearance; he has commanded him to build a strange vessel for no apparent purpose; he has told him that one hundred and twenty years of toil must elapse before the vessel can be of any use to him. And yet, in the face of all these difficulties, Noah forms and keeps his... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:16

Genesis 6:16 I. When Noah was building his ark, God gave him a command, "A window shalt thou make to the ark," and this window was to be made in the roof. Its purpose was (1) to let in the light and air; (2) that Noah might look out of it, sometimes, to heaven. He could see nothing of earth through it, only heaven. Sometimes he may have felt inclined to doubt during the forty days of rain; but at that window he lifted his face to the light and held communion with God. II. We have got a voyage... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:1-22

Chapter six.It came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took unto them wives of all which they chose. And the LORD said, My spirit will not always strive with man, in that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years ( Genesis 6:1-3 ).So we're coming now to a time in which God is going to drastically alter man's lifespan. By the time they... read more

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 6:1-22

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Genesis 6:11-22

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:1-22

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:14-22

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:5-22

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Genesis 6:16

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 6:14-22

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:1-22

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:16

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:1-22

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