The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 8:18-19
And Noah went forth ,—in obedience to the Divine command,— and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him ,—in obedience to Noah, to whom alone the Divine instructions were communicated;—an early instance of filial subjection to parents. Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth , i.e. the chayyah, the remes, the 'oph, all creepers upon the ground (cf. Genesis 1:26 ; Genesis 7:8 , Genesis 7:14 ), all of which had... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 8:15-22
The saint and the Savior. I. THE SAVIOR 'S INJUNCTION TO THE SAINT ( Genesis 8:15 ). The command which God addressed to Noah and the other inmates of the ark to go forth and take possession of the renovated earth may be regarded as emblematic of that Divine instruction which shall yet be given to the saints to go forth and take possession of the now heavens and the new earth, when the great gospel ship of the Christian Church, now floating on the troubled sea of life, shall have... read more