Genesis 7:11 NIV

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 7:11

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 7:11-12

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

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

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:1-24

The flood (6:9-8:19)Amid the corruption, there was one man, Noah, who remained faithful to God. Therefore, God promised to preserve Noah, along with his family, so that when the former evil race had been destroyed, he could use Noah and his family to build a new people (9-12; cf. Hebrews 11:7; 2 Peter 2:4-5; 2 Peter 2:4-5).God’s means of destruction was a great flood. Besides preserving Noah and his family, God preserved a pair of each kind of animals in the region, thereby helping to maintain... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 7:11

deep. Hebrew. tehom = the waters of the abyss, as in Genesis 1:2 ; Genesis 49:25 .Deuteronomy 33:13 .Psalms 104:6 . windows. Not challon, a small aperture (Genesis 8:6 ), or zohar, an opening for light (Genesis 6:16 ), but 'arubah, lattice or net-work, not glass. Here "floodgates". Only here, and Genesis 8:2 . 2 Kings 7:2 , 2 Kings 7:19 . Ecclesiastes 12:3 .Isaiah 24:18 ; Isa 24:60 , Isaiah 24:8 . Hosea 13:3 .Malachi 3:10 . read more