LORD. Jehovah in His covenant-relation with Noah, and in connection with the seven clean beasts for sacrifice. See note on Genesis 6:12; Genesis 6:19. HOUSE. household. _Metonymy_ (of subject). App-6. GENERATION. Hebrew. _dor,_ as in Genesis 6:9. those who were then alive: Noah's contemporaries.... [ Continue Reading ]
CLEAN. For sacrifice Leviticus 1:2; Leviticus 1:10; Leviticus 1:14, &c, sevens. For propagation. TWO. See note on Genesis 6:19; Genesis 6:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVEN DAYS. The number of spiritual perfection (App-10). All the Flood dates are Sabbaths except one (Genesis 8:5). FORTY. The number of probation (App-10). DESTROY. wipe out, blot out. EARTH. Hebrew. _'adamah =_ ground.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS GOD. according as _Elohim._ Compare Genesis 6:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEEP. Hebrew. _tehom =_ the waters of the abyss, as in Genesis 1:2; Genesis 49:25.Deuteronomy 33:13.Psalms 104:6. WINDOWS. Not _challon,_. small aperture (Genesis 8:6), or _zohar,_ an opening for light (Genesis 6:16), but _'arubah,_ lattice or net-work, not glass. Here "floodgates". Only here, and G... [ Continue Reading ]
ENTERED, i.e. the eight persons of 1 Peter 3:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
SORT. Hebrew wing: put by _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for every kind.... [ Continue Reading ]
BREATH. Hebrew. _ruach._ See note on Genesis 6:17, and App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Elohim, the Creator. LORD. Jehovah, Noah's Covenant-God.... [ Continue Reading ]
EXCEEDINGLY. The Flood universal. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (_greatly greatly)._... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) in verses: Genesis 7:21, solemnly emphasizing the complete extinction of life. Many other examples in this narrative to emph. its complete details. Heaps of animals and birds found together, mostly on hills. Bones not gnawed or exposed to the weather. There is al... [ Continue Reading ]
BREATH. _neshamah._ App-16. OF LIFE. Hebrew of the spirit (_ruach,_ App-9), of life (Hebrew. _chay)._... [ Continue Reading ]
LIVING SUBSTANCE. standing thing DESTROYED. Hebrew wiped out. NOAH. See 1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 2:5.... [ Continue Reading ]