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
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