Genesis 6:17,Genesis 6:7

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 6:17

"And, I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is in the earth shall die."This is the first mention of the instrument of destruction, although it was apparent earlier in the giving of instructions for an ark. The universal, world-wide nature of the catastrophe is categorically stated; and therefore we so understand and interpret it. Whatever problems there might be with this, we shall not... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 6:17

Genesis 6:17. And, behold, &c.— It is very evident from this verse, that the deluge was universal, as no words can be imagined more strong and comprehensive. See also ch. Genesis 7:4.; and indeed there is scarce any nation upon earth, among whom some traces and tradition of this wonderful event are not to be found. The heathen stories are well known; and Indians, Chinese, and Americans, have all retained some memory of what the sacred scriptures only give us, and indeed only can give us, an... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 6:17

17-22. And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood—The repetition of the announcement was to establish its certainty (Genesis 41:32). Whatever opinion may be entertained as to the operation of natural laws and agencies in the deluge, it was brought on the world by God as a punishment for the enormous wickedness of its inhabitants. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 6:9-22

1. The Flood 6:9-8:22The chiastic (palistrophic, crossing) structure of this section shows that Moses intended to emphasize God’s grace to Noah, which occupies the central part of the story."One mark of the coherence of the flood narrative is to be found in its literary structure. The tale is cast in the form of an extended palistrophe, that is a structure that turns back on itself. In a palistrophe the first item matches the final item, the second item matches the penultimate item, and so on.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 6:9-29

D. What became of Noah 6:9-9:29The Lord destroyed the corrupt, violent human race and deluged its world, but He used righteous Noah to preserve life and establish a new world after the Flood."Noah’s experience presents decisively the author’s assertion that the Lord judges human sin but provides a means for perpetuating the creation blessing (Genesis 1:26-28) and the salvation hope for an elect seed (Genesis 3:15). The recurring theme of blessing, threatened by sin but preserved by divine... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 6:17-21

This is the first occurrence of the important word "covenant" (Heb. berith) in the Old Testament (Genesis 6:18). There were two basic kinds of covenants in the ancient Near East. [Note: G. Herbert Livingston, The Pentateuch in Its Cultural Environment, pp. 153-154.] 1. The parity covenant was one that equals made. Examples: Abraham and Abimelech (Genesis 21:22-32), Isaac and Abimelech (Genesis 26:26-33), and Jacob and Laban (Genesis 31:44-54). 2. The suzerainty covenant was one that a superior... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:5-17

The FloodThis narrative records the judgment of God upon the sinful forefathers of mankind, and His preservation of a righteous family, in whom the divine purposes for men might be carried out. The spiritual teaching of Noah’s deliverance has always been recognised by Christians, who see in the ark a symbol of the Church into which they are admitted by baptism, God thereby graciously providing for their deliverance from the wrath and destruction due to sin. The story of the Flood was fittingly... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:5-22

The FloodThis narrative records the judgment of God upon the sinful forefathers of mankind, and His preservation of a righteous family, in whom the divine purposes for men might be carried out. The spiritual teaching of Noah's deliverance has always been recognised by Christians, who see in the ark a symbol of the Church into which they are admitted by baptism, God thereby graciously providing for their deliverance from the wrath and destruction due to sin. The story of the Flood was fittingly... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 6:17

(17) A flood.—Mabbul, another archaic word. It is used only of the deluge, except in Psalms 29:10, where, however, there is an evident allusion to the flood of Noah.Every thing that is in the earth shall die.—That this by no means involves the theory of a universal deluge has been shown with admirable cogency by Professor Tayler Lewis in “Lange’s Commentary.” His view is that the writer described with perfect truthfulness that of which he was either an eye-witness, or of which he had received... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 6:1-22

The Lesson of the Tower Genesis 6:4 The form of this story belongs to the early stages of an ascending scale of civilization. The soul of the narrative is for all time. Take one obvious aspect of that soul. The builders of city and tower were men of great ambition. They would dare high things and they would do them. This is well, for God made us all for ambition. But it is part of the tragedy of our humanity that each day we are tempted to sully ambition with some phase of latent or expressed... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 6:17

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 6:17

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 6:17

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 6:9-22

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 6:9-29

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 6:17-21

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:5-17

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:5-22

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 6:17

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 6:1-22

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