Genesis 8:13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 8:13-14

Here is, 1. The ground dry (Gen. 8:13), that is, all the water carried off it, which, upon the first day of the first month (a joyful new-year?s-day it was), Noah was himself an eye-witness of. He removed the covering of the ark, not the whole covering, but so much as would suffice to give him a prospect of the earth about it; and a most comfortable prospect he had. For behold, behold and wonder, the face of the ground was dry. Note, (1.) It is a great mercy to see ground about us. Noah was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:13

And it came to pass, in the six hundred and first year ,.... Of Noah's life, and so the Septuagint adds, in the first month: the first day of the month ; so that it was the first day of the year, New Year's Day, and a joyful one it was to Noah and his family, when they saw dry ground; which they had not seen for above ten months: according to R. Joshua, this was the month Nisan, which was the first month with the Jews on sacred accounts; but according to R. Eliezer it was the month of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 8:4-18

Mount Ararat, or the landing of the ark. That disembarkment on the mountain heights of Ararat was an emblem of another landing which shall yet take place, when the great gospel ship of the Christian Church shall plant its living freight of redeemed souls upon the hills of heaven. Everything that Mount Ararat witnessed on that eventful day will yet be more conspicuously displayed in the sight of God's believing people who shall be counted worthy of eternal life. I. SIN PUNISHED . Mount... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 8:13

And it came to pass (literally, it was) in the six hundredth and first year (of Noah's life; so LXX .), in the first month ,— του ͂ πρω ì του μηνο Ì ς , ( LXX .); the word for month (expressed in Genesis 8:4 , Genesis 8:14 ) being omitted in the Hebrew text for brevity,— the first day of the month, the waters were dried up —the root signifies to burn up or become dry in consequence of heat (Furst); "it merely denotes the absence of water" (Gesenius)— from off... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 8:13-19

Rest and restoration. Noah (Rest) comes forth from the ark in the sabbath century of his life, the six hundred and first year. He lived after the Flood 350 years, the half week of centuries; his life represented a rest, but not the rest, a half sabbath, promise of the rest which remains to the people of God. I. AN EXAMPLE OF FAITH . 1. Not until God spake did Noah dare to do more than lift off the covering and look. 2. At the heavenly word the family, redeemed by grace,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 8:1-14

- The Land Was Dried1. שׁכך shākak “stoop, assuage.”3. חסר chāsar “want, fail, be abated.”4. אררט 'ărārāṭ, “Ararat,” a land forming part of Armenia. It is mentioned in 2 Kings 19:37, and Isaiah 37:38, as the retreat of Adrammelek and Sharezer after the murder of their father; and in Jeremiah 51:27 as a kingdom.8. קלל qālal, “be light, lightened, lightly esteemed, swift.”10. חוּל chûl, “twist, turn, dance, writhe, tremble, be strong, wait.” יהל yāchal “remain, wait, hope.”13. חרב... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 8:13-14

Genesis 8:13-14 . Noah removed the covering of the ark Not the whole covering, but so much as would suffice to give him a prospect of the earth about it: and behold the face of the ground was dry; and in the 27th day of the second month was a fit habitation for Noah. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:1-19

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 8:13

six hundredth and first year: i.e. of Noah's life. the first month, the first day. Six such important dates in Bible: (1) Here, the drying up of the waters (Genesis 8:13 ); (2) The setting up of Tabernacle by Moses (Exodus 40:2 ); (3) The sanctification of cleansed-up Temple by Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:17 ); (4) The going up of Ezra (Genesis 7:9 ); (5) The giving up of strange wives (Ezra 10:17 ); (6) The offering up of a bullock in Ezekiel's future Temple (Ezekiel 45:18 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 8:13

"And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering from the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dried."The exit from the ark took place one month and 27 days later than the time specified here, as revealed in Genesis 8:14; and presumably, Noah might have taken it upon himself to leave the ark during that period, but he patiently waited until God... read more

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