Genesis 8:1
GOD. Hebrew. _'Elohim =_ the Creator, because every living creature is included. Compare Genesis 7:16. REMEMBERED. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ See App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _'Elohim =_ the Creator, because every living creature is included. Compare Genesis 7:16. REMEMBERED. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ See App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
WINDOWS. Hebrew. _'arubboth._ See note on Genesis 7:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
RESTED. Saturday, the Sabbath Day. Compare Genesis 7:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRST DAY. Tuesday. (The only day named that is not. Sabbath.)... [ Continue Reading ]
WINDOW. Hebrew. _challon =_. small aperture. Compare Genesis 7:11 (not Genesis 8:2). Same as Joshua 2:18, Jos 2:21. 1 Kings 6:4.Ezekiel 40:16; Ezekiel 41:16; Ezekiel 41:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
RAVEN: an unclean bird. Leviticus 11:15.Deuteronomy 14:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
DOVE:. clean bird. Deuteronomy 14:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVEN. the seven. Another Sabbath, 18th day of 11th month.... [ Continue Reading ]
OLIVE LEAF. Hebrew. newly-sprouted olive leaf.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVEN. Saturday, 25th day of 11th month.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIX HUNDREDTH AND FIRST YEAR: i.e. of Noah's life. THE FIRST MONTH, THE FIRST DAY. Six such important dates in Bible: (1) Here, the drying up of the waters (Genesis 8:13); (2) The setting up of Tabernacle by Moses (Exodus 40:2); (3) The sanctification of cleansed-up Temple by Hezekiah (2 Chronicles... [ Continue Reading ]
TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF SECOND MONTH. Completing one solar year from Genesis 7:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. _Elohim,_ the Creator, speaking from without. Compare Genesis 7:16 with Genesis 8:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
GO FORTH. Hebrew. _z'e_. But in Genesis 7:1, Jehovah (from within), "Come thou". Hebrew. _b'o._ Compare Genesis 7:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
BRING FORTH. _Elohim,_ speaking from without.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALTAR. The first mentioned in Scripture. OFFERED. Hebrew. _alah_. App-43. BURNT OFFERINGS. Hebrew. _'oldh._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Jehovah, in covenant-relationship. SMELLED. SWEET SAVOUR. Hebrew "smelled. smell". Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6). SAVOUR. First occurance. Hebrew. _nihoah,_ found only in this connection. rest, acquiescence. IN HIS HEART. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_, in condescension, and... [ Continue Reading ]
WHILE. Jehovah's covenant with Noah was unconditional in connection with the earth; as with Abraham, to give him the land (Genesis 15), and with David, to give him the throne (2 Samuel 7). AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) seven times in this verse, to emphasize the completeness... [ Continue Reading ]