Gen. 7:1-7. The company in _Noah's Ark _ was upon many accounts a type of the church of Christ. The ark did literally contain in it the church of God, for all flesh had corrupted their way before God, and true religion and piety seemed to be confined to Noah and his family. The ark was made for the... [ Continue Reading ]
Gen. 7:2, 3. "Of clean beasts and clean fowls by sevens." Three couples for breed[ing], and the seventh for sacrifice (chap. Genesis 8:20), as in the distribution of the days of the week. See Henry _in loc._ Gen. 7:1-7... [ Continue Reading ]
Gen. 7:8, 9, and Genesis 7:14; Genesis 7:15; Genesis 7:16. _Concerning the resorting of all kinds of birds, and beasts, and creeping things to the ark before the flood. _ The particular animals that were gathered together to the ark and saved there, when all the rest of their kind were destroyed, we... [ Continue Reading ]