Genesis 7:20-23 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:23

And every living substance was destroyed —literally, wiped out (cf. Genesis 6:7 ; Genesis 7:4 )—w hich was upon the face of the ground, both man, and —literally, from, man urge— cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the hearten; and they were destroyed —wiped, out by washing (cf. Genesis 6:7 )— from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark . The straits to which the advocates of the documentary hypothesis are sometimes reduced... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:23

The Deluge. I. A STRIKING TESTIMONY TO THE DIVINE FAITHFULNESS . 1. In respect of threatenings against the wicked . Whether the faith of Noah ever betrayed symptoms of wavering during the long interval of waiting for the coming of the Flood it is impossible to say; it can scarcely be doubted that the men who for six score years had seen the sun rise and set with unwearied regularity, that had watched the steady and continuous movement of nature's laws and forces... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 7:17-24

The prevalence of the waters. The forty days are now completed. And at the end of this period the ark had been afloat for a long time. It was drifted on the waters in the direction in which they were flowing, and toward what was formerly the higher ground.Genesis 7:19Upon the land. - The land is to be understood of the portion of the earth’s surface known to man. This, with an unknown margin beyond it, was covered with the waters. But this is all that Scripture warrants us to assert. Concerning... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 7:19-20

Genesis 7:19-20 . All the high hills, and the mountains were covered Therefore, there were hills and mountains before the flood. Deists, and other infidels, would persuade us that this was impossible, because of the vast height of divers hills and mountains. But, not to mention here that this fact has been established by the universal consent of all nations, that there was a general deluge which over-flowed the whole world, and that it has been demonstrated by different writers that there... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 7:21

Genesis 7:21. All flesh died; all that was on the dry land And why so? Man only had done wickedly, and justly is God’s hand against him, but these sheep, what have they done? I answer, 1st, We are sure God did them no wrong. He is the sovereign Lord of all life; for he is the sole fountain and author of it. He that made them as he pleased, might unmake them when he pleased, and who shall say unto God, What dost thou? 2d, God did admirably serve the purposes of his own glory by their... 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 7:21

And. Note the Polysyndeton ( App-6 ) in verses: Genesis 7:21-23 , solemnly emphasizing the complete extinction of life. Many other examples in this narrative to emph. its complete details. Heaps of animals and birds found together, mostly on hills. Bones not gnawed or exposed to the weather. There is also a break and a fresh beginning in Egyptian monuments. died = ceased to breathe. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 7:22

breath = neshamah. App-16 . of life. Hebrew of the spirit ( ruach, App-9 ), of life (Hebrew. chay). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 7:23

living substance = standing thing destroyed. Hebrew wiped out. Noah. See 1 Peter 3:20 . 2 Peter 2:5 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 7:17-20

"And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth; And the waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.""The waters increased, and bare up the ark..." "The... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 7:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 7:17-24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 7:19-20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 7:21

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:1-24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 7:21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 7:22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 7:23

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 7:17-20

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