Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Genesis 7:22
Verse Genesis 7:22. Of all that was in the dry land] From this we may conclude that such animals only as could not live in the water were preserved in the ark.
Verse Genesis 7:22. Of all that was in the dry land] From this we may conclude that such animals only as could not live in the water were preserved in the ark.
The prevalence of the waters. The forty days are now completed. And at the end of this period the ark had been afloat for a long time. It was drifted on the waters in the direction in which they were...
CHAPTER 7 Noah in the Ark and the Judgment by Water _ 1. Commanded to enter the ark (Genesis 7:1)_ 2. Noah's obedience (Genesis 7:5) 3. The judgment by water (Genesis 7:10) Noah is a type of the L...
THE FLOOD. This section has been very skilfully composed from both J and P. There are numerous repetitions: Genesis 6:5 and Genesis 6:12 f.; Genesis 7:7 and...
BREATH. _neshamah._ App-16. OF LIFE. Hebrew of the spirit (_ruach,_ App-9), of life (Hebrew. _chay)._...
PART TWENTY-ONE: THE WORLD UNDER THE FLOOD (Genesis 7:1-24) 1. _The Embarkation_ (Genesis 7:1-24). _The Biblical Account_ 1 And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for...
_ALL IN WHOSE NOSTRILS WAS THE BREATH OF LIFE, OF ALL THAT WAS IN THE DRY LAND, DIED._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
7:22 life, (b-10) Lit. 'breath of spirit of life.'...
THE FLOOD (CONTINUED) 2. By sevens] RV 'seven and seven,' or seven pairs. The clean animals might be used for food, and would also be required for sacrifice. Observe that in Genesis 6:19 this distinct...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 7 GOD TELLS NOAH WHAT HE SHOULD DO V1 Then the *Lord said to Noah, ‘Go into the *ark and take all your family with you. I have seen you as a good...
כֹּ֡ל אֲשֶׁר֩ נִשְׁמַת ־ר֨וּחַ חַיִּ֜ים בְּ א
THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1; Genesis 6:1; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 8:1; Genesi
THE GREAT FLOOD Genesis 7:1 What anguish! They climbed the highest story of their towers, then to the hills, but the greedy waters followed them, till the last crag was covered, and all living things...
At last the work was completed, and the man who by faith had done that which was evidence of his folly in the eyes of the world entered the Ark, leaving behind him all his possessions. Then came the...
There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6, 7, AND 8. Finally we find power and force here below, the result, of the sons of God not keeping their first estate, of apostasy; and God executes judgment...
ALL IN WHOSE NOSTRILS [WAS] THE BREATH OF LIFE,.... Whether of fowls, beast, cattle, or creeping things: OF ALL THAT WAS IN THE DRY LAND, DIED; by which description fishes were excepted, since they b...
_All in whose nostrils [was] the breath of life, of all that [was] in the dry [land], died._ Ver. 22. _All in whose nostrils was the breath of life died, of all that was in the dry land._] This last...
1 Noah, with his familie, and the liuing creatures, enter into the Arke. 17 The beginning, increase, and continuance of the Flood. 1 AND the [NOTE: 2 Peter 2:5.] LORD saide vnto Noah, Come thou and...
all in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. All animate beings on earth which breathe with lungs and have the ability to move about on the dry land: reptiles,...
The Destruction Caused by the Flood...
SECOND SECTION _The Flood and the Judgment_ GENESIS 7:10-24 10And it came to pass after seven days [literally, seven of days] that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 11In the sixth hundred...
PRESERVED THROUGH THE FLOOD Certainly so tremendous a project as the preparing of the ark would attract great attention by all the people, for in spite of Noah's preaching of righteousness (2 Peter 2:...
THE BREATH OF LIFE: _ Heb._ the breath of the spirit of life...
21-24 All the men, women, and children, that were in the world, excepting those in the ark, died. We may easily imagine what terror seized them. Our Saviour tells us, that till the very day that the...
Whether men or beasts, &c., all that breathed the same air with man, all that lived in the same element which man by his sins had infected; whereby the fishes are excepted, as living in another elemen...
Genesis 7:22 nostrils H639 breath H5397 spirit H7307 life H2416 dry H2724 died H4191 (H8804) breath of life -...
‘And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, cattle, wild animals and every creeping thing that crept on the earth, and every man, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, al...
Gen. 6-7 A long period elapsed between the commencement of the building of the ark and the actual flood. During that period we notice: (1) the strength of Noah's faith. God has told him of a deluge of...
Genesis 7:1. _And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark;_ Notice that the Lord did not say to Noah, «Go into the ark,» but «Come,» plainly implying that God was himself in...
CONTENTS: The flood comes. Noah and family preserved. CHARACTERS: Noah, his sons, and their wives. CONCLUSION: The blood of Christ keeps out the waters of judgment and makes the believers position «...
Genesis 7:2 ; GENESIS 7:8. _Clean beasts by sevens._ Male and female, reserving one for sacrifice. God's special care is over man and beast, and over the preservation of religion. Genesis 7:11. The sa...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 7:17 THE WATERS PREVAILED ON THE EARTH 150 DAYS (v. Genesis 7:24). The figure of 150 days, which includes the 40 days of rain mentioned in v....
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...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 7:11, GENESIS 7:12 IN THE SIX HUNDREDTH YEAR OF NOAH'S LIFE, IN THE SECOND MONTH. Not (1) of Noah's 600th year. (Knobel); but either (2) of the theocratic year, which
And so the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all of your house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. Now of the clean beast thou shalt take by sevens, male with h...
breath of life. Heb. breath of the spirit of life. Genesis 2:7 Genesis 6:17...
THE WATERS PREVAILED Genesis 7:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory we wish to bring before you statements concerning Noah and the ark which are found in the First Epistle of Peter. 1. WHILE THE AR...