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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:15

And they went in unto Noah into the ark (cf. Genesis 6:20 , which affirmed they should come), two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. Cf. the three expressions for an animated creature— חַיָּה ( Genesis 1:30 ), יְקוּס : ( Genesis 7:4 ), אֲשֶׂר־בּוֹ רוּחַ חיִּיס . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:16

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God (Etohim) had commanded him. This evidently closed an Elohistic passage, according to Colenso, as the ensuing clause as manifestly belongs to the Jehovistic interpolator; but the close connection subsisting between the two clauses forbids any such dislocation of the narrative as that suggested. "On the supposition of an independent Jehovistic narrative, Bishop Colenso feels it necessary to interpolate before the next... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:16

The believer's safety. Parable of the ten virgins speaks of a final separation. "The door was shut." 'There our thoughts are turned to those without; here, to those within. The time was come when the choice must be made. "Come thou and all thy house into the ark." The broad and narrow way. The confinement of the ark or the freedom of home; and, in view of the flood, the frail vessel or the mountains. Trust in Christ or trust in self (cf. Romans 10:3 ). He chose the way of faith. God shut... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 7:10-16

- XXV. The FloodThe date is here given, at which the flood commenced and the entrance into the ark was completed. “In seven days.” On the seventh day from the command. “In the second month.” The primeval year commenced about the autumnal equinox; we may say, on the nearest new moon. The rains began about a month or six weeks after the equinox, and, consequently, not far from the seventeenth of the second month. “All the fountains of the great deep, and the windows of the skies.” It appears that... 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 7:4

Genesis 7:4. Yet seven days Or after seven days, which time the long- suffering of God ( 1Pe 3:20 ) granted to the world, as a further space for repentance, of which, therefore, it is probable, Noah gave them notice. And it is not unlikely that many of them, who slighted the threatening when it was at the distance of one hundred and twenty years, now hearing another threatening, and considering the nearness of their danger, might be more affected, and brought to repentance. And although... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 7:11

Genesis 7:11. In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, second month, the seventeenth day It must be observed here, that the year among the Hebrews was two-fold: the one sacred, for the celebration of feasts, beginning in March, Exodus 12:12; the other civil, for men’s political or civil affairs, beginning in September. Accordingly this second month has been thought by some to have been part of April and part of May, the most pleasant time of the year, when a flood was least expected... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 7:12

Genesis 7:12. Forty days and forty nights By proceeding in this gradual way, God, it is hoped, both awakened many to repentance, and gave them space for it. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:16

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 7:10-16

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

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 7:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 7:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 7:12

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