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Genesis 8:12

And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

He ... sent forth the dove; which returned not ... any more. In these results we perceive a wisdom and a prudence far superior to the inspiration of instinct-we discern the agency of God guiding all the movements of this bird for the instruction of Noah, and reviving the hopes of his household.

Other seven days - a strong presumptive proof that Noah observed the Sabbath during his residence in the ark.

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See also Genesis 8:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 8 Noah Remembered _ 1. Noah remembered (Genesis 8:1)_ 2. The ark resting (Genesis 8:4) 3. The raven sent forth (Genesis 8:6) 4. The sending forth of the dove ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (10-12) AGAIN HE SENT FORTH THE DOVE... — When, after another week’s delay, Noah again sent forth the dove, it remained away until “the time of evening,” finding both food and ground on which it could...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּיָּ֣חֶל עֹ֔וד שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1; Genesis 6:1; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 8:1; Genesi

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Upborne on the billows of judgment, the Ark rode securely, holding within it the nucleus of a new departure in human history. When the work of judgment was fully accomplished, the waters decreased, an...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he stayed yet other seven days and sent forth the dove, which returned not again unto him any more. The dove, finding both roosting-places and food in abundance, no longer felt the need of returni...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Finding convenient food and resting place upon the earth, and preferring her freedom before her mate: possibly she might lose the sight of the ark, and forget or mistake the way to it....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 8:12 waited H3176 (H8735) another H312 seven H7651 days H3117 out H7971 (H8762) dove H3123 return...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 8:3. _The waters returned from off the earth continually._ The Hebrew, חלוךְ ושׁוב _cha-loveck ve-shou._ Montanus renders _eundo et redeundo,_ the going and coming of the waters. The word is u...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 8:6. Window.] Properly, “hole:” not the same word as in ch. Genesis 6:16.— GENESIS 8:7. RAVEN.] Probably so called from its blackness (Gesenius, Fürst): from its cry or croa...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    And he. Psalms 27:14 Psalms 130:5 Psalms 130:6 Isaiah 8:17 Isaiah 25:9...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE ASSUAGING OF THE WATERS Genesis 8:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. There is a striking verse in 2 Peter 3:6, which reads: "Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: but the...

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