two of every sort Cf Genesis 7:2. In addition to two animals, etc., commanded (Genesis 6:19) to be preserved for future increase ("they shall be male and female"), the further command was given more than 100 years later to take of clean beasts, i.e, acceptable for sacrifice, seven each. Exodus gives ten such beasts, or but seventy in all. Modern ships carry hundreds of live beasts, with their food, besides scores of human beings. read more
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
Genesis 6:2. Sons of God. Some understand this expression of Seth’s sons, who intermarried with Cain’s daughters, but assign no reason for their being called the daughters of men. Others understand it, and with greater propriety, of the sons of great men, who are repeatedly called Elohim, or gods, in the scriptures. So Exodus 21:6; Exodus 22:8; Exodus 22:28; and Psalms 82:0., where the same term occurs. Hence the sons of the judges, or great men, seized the daughters of the poor; and... read more
Genesis 6:17-22I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all fleshThe floodI.The first fact that strikes us in the story of the flood is this: that God, on account of the wickedness to which the world had grown, had made up His mind to sweep it away, once and for all. II. Out of the seed of Noah God had determined to people the earth once more with a race that would not be so wicked as the one He destroyed. III. Noah was told to go into the ark because his life was to be... read more
Gen 6:20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every [sort] shall come unto thee, to keep [them] alive. Ver. 20. Two of every sort shall come unto thee. ] "For they are all thy servants," saith David; Psa 119:91 they wait upon thy word. This Noah might make good use of; and did, no doubt. See how sequacious these poor creatures are to God their centurion. If he bid them come, they come; if go, they go. And shall... read more
The cubit being nearly 22 inches, and the ark being 300 cubits in length, 50 in breadth, and 30 in height - Genesis 6:15, its size was equal to 547 feet long, 91 feet broad, and 54 feet high; and it is computed to had been 81,062 tons burthen. These dimensions were sufficient to contain all the persons and animals in it, and food for more than a year. two: Genesis 7:2, Genesis 7:3, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 7:9, Genesis 7:15, Genesis 7:16, Genesis 8:17, Psalms 36:6 Reciprocal: Genesis 47:25 - Thou... read more
fowls: Genesis 1:20-Jeremiah :, Acts 10:11, Acts 10:12 two: Genesis 1:28, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 7:8-Nehemiah :, John 5:40 Reciprocal: Genesis 1:21 - great Genesis 1:24 - Let Genesis 7:15 - General read more
Generations of Noah, Genesis 6:9 to Genesis 9:29. Note here, again, how the history doubles back upon itself. Noah has been already introduced, (Genesis 5:29; Genesis 5:32,) but now the divine record of beginnings and developments takes a new departure . Compare note at beginning of chap . v, and Introd . , pp . 49, 50 . read more
19. Two of every sort From this statement, repeated in the next verse, as well as from that made in Genesis 7:15-16, it would be understood that only a pair of the animals were to be preserved; but from Genesis 7:2-3, we see that the clean beasts and fowls went into the ark by seven pairs. Animals instinctively foresee great natural convulsions or earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tornadoes, and often, on such occasions, quite subdued by fear, seek human protection. It is natural to... read more
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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