The second month] The year is here supposed to begin in autumn (cp. Exodus 34:22), so that the second month would be Marchesvan (middle of Oct. to middle of Nov.). That was about the beginning of the rainy season in Palestine. The great deep] See on the ancient Semitio conception of the world, Genesis 1:6. Evidently some vast inrush of water is intended, beyond heavy rains.

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