Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:21
Of all food that is eaten - That is, of the food proper for every species of animals. read more
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Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:22
Thus did Noah - He prepared the ark; and during one hundred and twenty years preached righteousness to that sinful generation, 2 Peter 2:5 . And this we are informed, 1 Peter 3:18 , 1 Peter 3:19 , etc., he did by the Spirit of Christ; for it was only through him that the doctrine of repentance could ever be successfully preached. The people in Noah's time are represented as shut up in prison - arrested and condemned by God's justice, but graciously allowed the space of one hundred and... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:18
Verse 18 18.But with thee will I establish my covenant. Since the construction of the ark was very difficult, and innumerable obstacles might perpetually arise to break off the work when begun, God confirms his servant by a super added promise. Thus was Noah encouraged to obey God; seeing that he relied on the Divine promise, and was confident that his labor would not be in vain. For then do we freely embrace the commands of God, when a promise is attached to them, which teaches us that we... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:19
Verse 19 19.And of every living thing of all flesh. “All flesh” is the name he gives to animals of whatsoever kind they may be. He says they went in two and two; not that a single pair of each kind was received into the ark, (for we shall soon see that there were three pairs of the clean kinds, and one animal over, which Noah afterwards offered in sacrifice;) but whereas here mention is made only of offspring, he does not expressly state the number, but simply couples males with females, that... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:22
Verse 22 22.Thus did Noah. In a few words, but with great sublimity, Moses here commends the faith of Noah. The unskilful wonder that the apostle (Hebrews 11:7) makes him “heir of the righteousness which is by faith.” As if, truly, all the virtues, and whatsoever else was worthy of praise in this holy man, had not sprung from this fountain. For we ought to consider the assaults of temptation to which his breast was continually exposed. First, the prodigious size of the ark might have... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:9-22
The building of the ark. I. THE MAN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES . A common saying, and one possessed of a show of wisdom, that a person seldom rises far above the average goodness, or sinks far below the average wickedness, of the age in which he lives. Yet it is precisely in proportion as individuals either excel or fall beneath their generation that they are able to affect it for good or evil. All epoch-making men are of this stamp. Noah, it is obvious, was not a man whose character... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:9-22
Righteousness and peace. The description of Noah is very similar to that of Enoch, just and perfect in his generation, that is, blameless in his walk before men, which is saying much of one who lived in a time of universal corruption. And he walked with God, i.e. devout and religious, and, from the analogy of the preceding use of the words, we may say, a prophet. He preached righteousness both with lip and life. To this good and great prophet the announcement is made of the coming... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:17
And, behold, I, even I. More correctly, "And I , behold, I ," an emphatic assertion that what was coming was a Divine visitation, and not simply a natural occurrence. Do bring . Literally, bringing, the participle standing in place of the finite verb to indicate the certainty of the future action. A flood of waters upon the earth. מַכּוּל , pronounced by Bohlen "far-fetched," "is an archaic word coined expressly for the waters of Noah ( Isaiah 44:9 ), and is used nowhere else... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 6:18
But with thee will I establish my covenant . בְּרית ( διαθη ì κη , LXX .; foedue, Vulgate; testamentum, N . T .), from בָּרַא , to cut or carve; hence a covenant, from the custom of passing between the divided pieces of the victims slain on the occasion of making such solemn compacts (cf. Genesis 15:9 ; Gesenius); from בָּרַה , to eat, hence an eating together, a banquet (cf. Genesis 31:54 ; Lee). On the Bible idea of covenant see Genesis 15:9 . My covenant =... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 6:19
To keep them alive - God might have destroyed all the animal creation, and created others to occupy the new world, but he chose rather to preserve those already created. The Creator and Preserver of the universe does nothing but what is essentially necessary to be done. Nothing should be wantonly wasted; nor should power or skill be lavished where no necessity exists; and yet it required more means and economy to preserve the old than to have created new ones. Such respect has God to the... read more