Of all flesh two; i.e. either,
1. By couples, or male and female; but this is mentioned as a distinct thing in the close of the verse. Or rather,
2. Two at least of every sort, even of the unclean; but of the clean more, as is noted Genesis 7:2.
Verse 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 Cr...
- Section VI - The Deluge - XXIII. The Ark 9. דור _dôr_ “age, time from birth to death,” applied either to an individual or the whole contemporary race, running parallel with some leading individua...
IV. THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH CHAPTER 6:9-22 Before the Flood _ 1. Noah walked with God (Genesis 6:9)_ 2. The earth filled with violence (Genesis 6:11) 3. The building of the ark commanded (Genesis...
J gives no explanation of the universal wickedness which caused God to repent man's creation, but the previous narrative has prepared for it. Probably, however, the story, which begins abruptly, has l...
EVERY LIVING THING... TWO OF EVERY SORT. All land animals, male and female, were to be preserved in the ark along with Noah, his sons and their wives. Of the clean animals--those used by the Jews for...
TWO. For preservation of species. In contrast with the "seven" (Genesis 7:2) clean animals, which were for sacrifice. Hence here it is _Elohim_ (verses: Genesis 6:13; Genesis 6:22;...
_two of every sort_ Observe that here one pair of every kind of living creature is to be brought into the ark. "Male and female," as in Genesis 1:27 (P). A different phrase is used in Genesis 7:2 (J)...
AND OF, &C.— See ch. Genesis 2:19. _shalt thou bring,_ it is here said: and lest it might appear an impossibility for Noah to do so, God says, in the next verse, that _they shall come to Noah:_ he him...
_AND OF EVERY LIVING THING OF ALL FLESH, TWO OF EVERY SORT SHALT THOU BRING INTO THE ARK, TO KEEP THEM ALIVE WITH THEE; THEY SHALL BE MALE AND FEMALE._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE FLOOD This narrative records the judgment of God upon the sinful forefathers of mankind, and His preservation of a righteous family, in whom the divine purposes for men might be carried out. The s...
EVERY LIVING THING OF ALL FLESH] This comprehensive command is limited in the Primitive narrative (Genesis 7:2) to clean animals (such as sheep, oxen, and goats), and to beasts that are not clean (whi...
God told Noah to take pairs of animals. Each pair was a male and a female. God did not tell Noah at this time how many pairs he should take. Later, God explained more details to Noah. Then he told Noa...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 6 PEOPLE ARE VERY WICKED V1 At that time, men began to increase on the earth. Many daughters were born for them. V2 Then the sons of God saw that...
(19-22) OF EVERY LIVING THING OF ALL FLESH, TWO... — The vast size of the ark and the wide terms used of the animals to be collected into it, make it evident that Noah was to save not merely his domes...
וּ מִ כָּל ־הָ֠ חַי מִֽ כָּל...
THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1; Genesis 6:1; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 8:1; Genesi
NOAH BUILDS THE ARK Genesis 6:9 Human sin had reached an awful climax. Sooner or later its results must have swept the human race from the earth, as smallpox will slay every native on some infected i...
With the passing of the centuries, the degeneration of the individual and the family became that of society. There had been intermixture between the descendants of Cain and those of Seth, resulting in...
GOD'S COVENANT WITH NOAH God made a covenant with Noah. It was an arrangement whereby God would protect Noah and his family (Genesis 6:18-21). Noah had to meet the conditions of the covenant to receiv...
_Two, intended for the propagation of their kind. God afterwards specifies what more Noe should preserve for food, chap. vii. 2. (Calmet). --- Wild beasts forgot their savage nature, and became subjec...
There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
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 recei...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6, 7, AND 8. Finally we find power and force here below, the result, of the sons of God not keeping their first estate, of apostasy; and God executes judgment...
AND OF EVERY LIVING THING OF ALL FLESH, TWO OF EVERY SORT SHALT THOU BRING INTO THE ARK,.... That is, of fowls, cattle, and creeping things, as after explained; and two of each sort at least were to b...
1 The wickednesse of the world, which prouoked Gods wrath, and caused the Flood. 8 Noah findeth grace. 13 The order, forme, and end of the Arke. 1 AND it came to passe, when men began to multiply o...
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female....
The Announcement of the Flood...
THIRD PART THE GENESIS OF THE WORLD’S JUDGMENT AND OF THE WORLD’S RENEWING BY MEANS OF THE FLOOD. THE FLOOD AND THE DROWNED RACE. THE ARK AND THE SAVED HUMANITY. (THE ARK AS A TYPE OF THE PIOUS FAMIL...
MAN'S DEGRADATION TO CORRUPTION AND VIOLENCE It was not long before mankind multiplied greatly on earth, and the dreadful effects of sin multiplied with them. this is emphasized in the corrupt mixture...
12-21 God told Noah his purpose to destroy the wicked world by water. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, Psalms 25:14. It is with all believers, enabling them to understand and apply...
Genesis 9:1-29 We have, now, arrived at a deeply-important and strongly-marked division of our book. Enoch has passed off the scene. His walk, as a stranger on earth, has terminated in his translation...
Genesis 6:19 thing H2416 flesh H1320 bring H935 (H8686) two H8147 ark H8392 alive H2421 (H8687) male...
THE COMMAND TO PREPARE FOR THE FLOOD (GENESIS 6:14) Genesis 6:14 ‘Make yourself an ark of gopher wood, make rooms (or alternatively ‘reeds' - which involves the same consonants, but different vowel s...
TWO OF EVERY SORT Compare (Genesis 7:2). In addition to two animals, etc, commanded (Genesis 6:19) to be preserved for future increase ("they shall be male and female"), the further command was give...
Gen. 6-7 A long period elapsed between the commencement of the building of the ark and the actual flood. During that period we notice: (1) the strength of Noah's faith. God has told him of a deluge of...
CONTENTS: Flood announced. Compromise of sons of God with daughters of men. CHARACTERS: Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth. CONCLUSION: The true believer can float in peace on the very waters by which the wic...
Genesis 6:2. _Sons of God._ Some understand this expression of Seth's sons, who intermarried with Cain's daughters, but assign no reason for their being called the _daughters of men._ Others understan...
_I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh_ THE FLOOD I. The first fact that strikes us in the story of the flood is this: that God, on account of the wickedness to...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 6:18 God indicates that he will establish a COVENANT with Noah (see note on 9:9–11)....
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 6:9 Noah’s Descendants. Chapters Genesis 6:1 describe a flood that leads to a renewal of the earth—a reminder of the creation account of...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 6:14. Gopher wood.] Probably, “cypress” (Conant, Davies); “pitch-trees, resinous trees” (Gesenius); “a hard, strong tree, precise kind unknown” (Fürst).— GENESIS 6:18. ESTABL...
§ 4. THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH (CH. 6:9-9:29). EXPOSITION GENESIS 6:9 THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH. "Novi capitis initium = "haec est historia Noachi (Rosenmüller; cf. Genesis 5:1). Noah
Chapter six. It came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took...
The cubit being nearly 22 inches, and the ark being 300 cubits two. Genesis 7:2 Genesis 7:3 Genesis 7:8 Genesis 7:9...
NOAH AND THE ARK Genesis 6:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There is a verse in the New Testament which reads: "As the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." 1. ONE CANNOT BUT MARVE...