Genesis 7:13-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 7:13-16

Here is repeated what was related before of Noah's entrance into the ark, with his family and creatures that were marked for preservation. Now, I. It is thus repeated for the honour of Noah, whose faith and obedience herein shone so brightly, by which he obtained a good report, and who herein appeared so great a favourite of Heaven and so great a blessing to this earth. II. Notice is here taken of the beasts going in each after his kind, according to the phrase used in the history of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:13

In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah ,.... That is, on the seventeenth day of the second month; See Gill on Genesis 7:11 the names of Noah and his three sons are expressed, but not the names of his wife, and of the wives of his sons; they are only described by their relation as follows: and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons, into the ark : but other writers pretend to give us their names; Berosus F3 De temporibus ante... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 7:14

They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind ,.... They, Noah and his family, went into the ark; as did all sorts of beasts and cattle, reckoned one hundred and thirty sorts, by some one hundred and fifty, including serpents: and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind ; supposed to be scarce thirty sorts; not one sort of creature was left out, though ever so small, and despicable: every fowl after his kind ; Bishop Wilkins has... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 7:13

Verse 13 13.In the self-same day entered Noah, and Shem, etc. A repetition follows, sufficiently particular, considering the brevity with which Moses runs through the history of the deluge, yet by no means superfluous. For it was the design of the Spirit to retain our minds in the consideration of a vengeance too terrible to be adequately described by the utmost severity of language. Besides, nothing is here related but what is difficult to be believed; wherefore Moses the more frequently... 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 7:13-14

In the selfsame day —literally, in the bone, or strength, or essence ( Genesis 2:23 ) of that day—in that very day (cf. Genesis 17:23 , Genesis 17:26 ); "about noonday, i.e. in the public view of the world" (Poole) a phrase intended to convey the idea of the utmost precision of time" (Bush)— entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the wives of his three sons with them, into the ark . Not inconsistent with Genesis 7:4 , Genesis... 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 7:14

Genesis 7:14. Every beast after his kind According to the phrase used in the history of the creation, Genesis 1:21, to intimate, that as many species as were created were now saved. Every fowl and every bird The former word in the original signifies the larger, the latter, the less sort of birds; of every sort The Hebrew is, of every kind of wing, whether feathered, as the wing is in most birds, or skinny, as in bats. 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 7:13

entered , i.e. the eight persons of 1 Peter 3:20 . read more

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