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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 7:13-16

Here is repeated what was related before of Noah's entrance into the ark, with his family and creatures that were marked for preservation. Now, I. It is thus repeated for the honour of Noah, whose faith and obedience herein shone so brightly, by which he obtained a good report, and who herein appeared so great a favourite of Heaven and so great a blessing to this earth. II. Notice is here taken of the beasts going in each after his kind, according to the phrase used in the history of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:15

And they went in unto Noah into the ark ,.... Noah went in first, and the creatures of themselves came to him, or were conducted by the ministry of angels; and they were delivered into his hands, and he placed them in the ark as was most convenient for them: it is very likely he went in and out as occasion required, for the better management and disposition of things; for he seems to be the last of all that went in, see Genesis 7:16 , two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:16

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh ,.... These pairs were not two males or two females, but one male and one female; so they were coupled for the propagation of their species, which was the end of their entering into the ark, and being preserved: as God had commanded him : Noah, who took care, as they entered, that there were so many of a sort as was enjoined, and these were male and female: and the Lord shut him in ; or shut the door after him F12 בעדו ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:15

And they went in, etc. - It was physically impossible for Noah to have collected such a vast number of tame and ferocious animals, nor could they have been retained in their wards by mere natural means. How then were they brought from various distances to the ark and preserved there? Only by the power of God. He who first miraculously brought them to Adam that he might give them their names, now brings them to Noah that he may preserve their lives. And now we may reasonably suppose that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:16

The Lord shut him in - This seems to imply that God took him under his especial protection, and as he shut Him in, so he shut the Others out. God had waited one hundred and twenty years upon that generation; they did not repent; they filled up the measure of their iniquities, and then wrath came upon them to the uttermost. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:16

Verse 16 16.And the Lord shut him in. This is not added in vain, nor ought it to be lightly passed over. That door must have been large, which could admit an elephant. And truly, no pitch would be sufficiently firm and tenacious, and no joining sufficiently solid, to prevent the immense force of the water from penetrating through its many seams, especially in an irruption so violent, and in a shock so severe. Therefore, Moses, to cut off occasion for the vain speculations which our own... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:7-16

Realized salvation. "And Noah went in," &c.; "And the Lord shut him in" ( Genesis 7:7 , Genesis 7:10 , Genesis 7:16 ). I. The CONTRAST between the position of the BELIEVER and that of the UNBELIEVER . The difference between a true freedom and a false. " Shut in" by the Lord to obedience, but also to peace and safety. The world's judgment shut out . The restraints and privations of a religious life only temporary. The ark will be opened hereafter. II. THE METHOD... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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