Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Genesis 7:16
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD (g) shut him in.
(g) So that God's secret power defended him against the rage of the mighty waters.
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD (g) shut him in.
(g) So that God's secret power defended him against the rage of the mighty waters.
Verse Genesis 7:16. _THE LORD SHUT HIM IN._] This seems to imply that God took him under his especial protection, and as he shut HIM _in_, so he shut the OTHERS _out_. God had waited one hundred and t...
- XXV. The Flood The date is here given, at which the flood commenced and the entrance into the ark was completed. “In seven days.” On the seventh day from the command. “In the second month.” The prim...
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...
GOD. Elohim, the Creator. LORD. Jehovah, Noah's Covenant-God....
(P). The Entrance into the Ark, according to P The repetition of what has already been narrated in Genesis 7:7 can hardly fail to strike the reader; and, without our recognition of the composite elem...
AND THE LORD SHUT HIM IN— Closed the door after Noah and all the rest had entered; closed it so fast, that the waters could not enter. How God shut the door we need not inquire; it is likely by an ang...
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...
_AND THEY THAT WENT IN, WENT IN MALE AND FEMALE OF ALL FLESH, AS GOD HAD COMMANDED HIM: AND THE LORD SHUT HIM IN._ As God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in. Attempts have been made to accou...
Sit-napisti says, 'I entered into the midst of the ship and shut my door.' In our narrative Providence is nearer at hand, THE LORD SHUT HIM IN. 20. Fifteen cubits upward] The waters are supposed to b...
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...
THE LORD (_JEHOVAH_) SHUT HIM IN. — The assigning to Jehovah of this act of personal care for Noah is very remarkable. In the _Chaldean Genesis_ (p. 283), the Deity commands Xisuthrus to shut himself...
וְ הַ בָּאִ֗ים זָכָ֨ר וּ נְקֵבָ֤ה מִ
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...
_The Lord shut him in, by an angel besmearing the door with pitch, to prevent the waters from penetrating, while Noe did the like in the inside. (Calmet) --- Thus God supplies our wants when we are no...
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. Observe the expression, Shut him in; then turn to 1 Peter 1:5...
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...
16._And the Lord shut him in_. This is not added in vain, nor ought it to be lightly passed over. That door must have been large, which could admit an elephant. And truly, no pitch would be sufficient...
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...
AND THEY THAT WENT IN, WENT IN MALE AND FEMALE OF ALL FLESH,.... These pairs were not two males or two females, but one male and one female; so they were coupled for the propagation of their species,...
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. Ver. 16. _And the Lord shut him in._] A mean office, one would think, for God to shut...
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...
And they that went in went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him. And the Lord shut him in. Time and again the emphasis is placed upon the exact manner in which the command of God...
The Flood Begins...
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:...
13-16 The ravenous creatures were made mild and manageable; yet, when this occasion was over, they were of the same kind as before; for the ark did not alter their natures. Hypocrites in the church,...
Or, _shut_ the door _after him, _ or _upon him, _ or _for him, _ i.e. his good and safety, against the fury either of the waters or of the people. This God did in some extraordinary manner....
Genesis 7:16 entered H935 (H8802) male H2145 female H5347 flesh H1320 in H935 (H8804) God H430 commanded...
THE FLOOD (GENESIS 7:11) Genesis 7:11 ‘In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day, were all the fountains of the great deep br...
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...
_And the Lord shut him in_ THE DOOR WAS SHUT I. IT TEACHES US, AS GOD IS THE AUTHOR SO IS HE THE FINISHER OF OUR WORK. God implants in the mother’s heart the desire to teach her children of Himself,...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 7:16 The safety of those in the ark depended on both human and divine action. THE LORD SHUT HIM IN. The use of the personal name “Yahweh” (“LORD”; see note on...
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...
as. Genesis 7:2 Genesis 7:3 the. 2 Kings 4:4 2 Kings 4:5 Deuteronomy 33:27...
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...