Genesis 7:10-11 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 7:5-10

Here is Noah's ready obedience to the commands that God gave him. Observe, 1. He went into the ark, upon notice that the flood would come after seven days, though probably as yet there appeared no visible sign of its approach, no cloud arising that threatened it, nothing done towards it, but all continued serene and clear; for, as he prepared the ark by faith in the warning given that the flood would come, so he went into it by faith in this warning that it would come quickly, though he did... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 7:11-12

Here is, I. The date of this great event; this is carefully recorded, for the greater certainty of the story. 1. It was in the 600th year of Noah's life, which, by computation, appears to be 1656 years from the creation. The years of the old world are reckoned, not by the reigns of the giants, but the lives of the patriarchs; saints are of more account with God than princes. The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance. Noah was now a very old man, even as men's years went then. Note,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:10

And it came to pass after seven days ,.... Were ended, or on the seventh day, after God had given the orders to Noah, to prepare for his going into the ark, with his family, and all the creatures: that the waters of the flood were upon the earth : that is, they began to be upon the earth; for it continued to rain from hence forty days and forty nights; and still the waters continued to increase, and it was an hundred and fifty days before they began to ebb. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life ,.... Not complete, but current, for otherwise Noah would have lived after the flood three hundred and fifty one years, whereas he lived but three hundred and fifty; Genesis 9:28 . in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month : as the Jews had two ways of beginning their year, one at the spring, and the other at autumn; the one on ecclesiastical accounts, which began at Nisan, and which answers to March and April; and then the second... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year, etc. - This must have been in the beginning of the six hundredth year of his life; for he was a year in the ark, Genesis 8:13 ; and lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood, and died nine hundred and fifty years old, Genesis 9:29 ; so it is evident that, when the flood commenced, he had just entered on his six hundredth year. Second month - The first month was Tisri, which answers to the latter half of September, and first half of October; and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:11

Verse 11 11.The same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up. Moses recalls the period of the first creation to our memory; for the earth was originally covered with water; and by the singular kindness of God, they were made to recede, that some space should be left clear for living creatures. And this, philosophers are compelled to acknowledge, that it is contrary to the course of nature for the waters to subside, so that some portion of the earth might rise above them. And... 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 7:10

And it came to pass after seven days (literally, at the seventh of the days ) , that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:11-12

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month. Not 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 7:5-10

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 7:11-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:7-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:11-12

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

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