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The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 7

Genesis 7:1-10

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 7:1. Righteous.] The radical notion of this important word in Hebrew is, by Gesenius and Davies, affirmed to be that of “straightness,” the quality of going evenly and directly to the end aimed at; but, by Fürst, is taken to be “firmness, hardness, hence strength, victorious... [ Continue Reading ]

Genesis 7:11-24

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 7:11. Great deep.] “The great abyss—the mighty roaring deep:” Heb. _tehôm_—same word as in Genesis 1:2; Proverbs 8:24, &c: Sept. and Vulg. “abyss.” BROKEN UP.]—Or, “burst open.—WINDOWS.] Prop. “the latticed, enclosed; hence gen. window, flood-gate;” but Sept. “waterfalls.”—... [ Continue Reading ]

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