Genesis 8:5 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 8:4-5

Here we have the effects and evidences of the ebbing of the waters. 1. The ark rested. This was some satisfaction to Noah, to feel the house he was in upon firm ground, and no longer movable. It rested upon a mountain, whither it was directed, not by Noah's prudence (he did not steer it), but by the wise and gracious providence of God, that it might rest the sooner. Note, God has times and places of rest for his people after their tossings; and many a time he provides for their seasonable and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:5

And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month ,.... That is, from the seventeenth of the seventh month, to the first of the tenth month, a space of two months and thirteen days, and being summer time, through the heat of the sun, they decreased apace: in the tenth month , on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen ; not the tenth month of the flood, but of the year; the month Tammuz, as the Targum of Jonathan, and answers to part of June, and part... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 8:1-5

Grace and providence. The powers of material nature are obedient servants of God, and those who are the objects of his regard, remembered by him, are safely kept in the midst of the world's changes. "All things work together for their good." There is an inner circle of special providence in which the family of God, with those whose existence is bound up in it, is under the eye of the heavenly Father, and in the hollow of his hand. "And the ark rested" ( Genesis 8:4 ). We speak of the... 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 8:5

And the waters decreased continually —literally, were going and decreasing — until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month ,— chodesh, a lunar month, beginning at the new moon, from chadash , to be new; νεομηνι ì α , LXX . (of. Exodus 13:5 ). Chodesh yamim, the period of a month (cf. Genesis 29:14 ; Numbers 11:20 , Numbers 11:21 )— were the tops of the mountains seen . "Became distinctly visible". Apparuerunt cacumina montium ... 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 8:3-5

Genesis 8:3-5 . The waters returned from off the earth continually Hebrews they were going and returning; a gradual departure. The heat of the sun exhaled much, and perhaps the subterraneous caverns soaked in more. And the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat Or, Armenia, whither it was directed, not by Noah’s prudence, but the wise providence of God. The tops of the mountains were seen Like little islands appearing above water. They felt ground above forty days before they ... 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 8:5

first day. Tuesday. (The only day named that is not a Sabbath.) read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 8:5

"And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month, on the first day of the month were the tops of the mountains seen."This would indicate that the ark came to rest in an area of mountains; and the inference is that if the ark had been resting upon any except the tallest within eyesight, the mountains would have been seen before the ark rested. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 8:4-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 8:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 8:4-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 8:5

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 8:3-5

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 8:1-19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 8:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 8:5

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