Genesis 6:17

_AND, BEHOLD, I, EVEN I, DO BRING A FLOOD OF WATERS UPON THE EARTH, TO DESTROY ALL FLESH, WHEREIN IS THE BREATH OF LIFE, FROM UNDER HEAVEN; AND EVERY THING THAT IS IN THE EARTH SHALL DIE._ Behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth. This is the first intimation of the mode in which the threatened destruction was to be effected-namely, by water. [Hebrew, _ HAMABUWL_ (H3999), the deluge-a word used only in one other place of the Bible (Psalms 29:10), which contains an unmistakable reference to this narrative. _ MAYIM_ (H4325), which is added, may either be taken as accusative, in apposition, 'the mabbul, waters,' or in the form of a genitive, "a flood of waters."] The element employed was to be water, which when increased to overwhelming depth, was called mabbu

12-21 God told Noah his purpose to destroy the wicked world by water. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, Psalms 25:14. It is with all believers, enabling them to understand and apply the declarations and warnings of the written word. God chose to do it by a flood of waters, which should drown the world. As he chooses the rod with which he corrects his children, so he chooses the sword with which he cuts off his enemies. God established his covenant with Noah. This is the first place in the Bible where the word 'covenant' is found; it seems to mean, 1. The covenant of providence; that the course of nature shall be continued to the end of time. 2. The covenant of grace; that God would be a God to Noah, and that out of his seed God would take to himself a people. God directed Noah to make an ark. This ark was like the hulk of a ship, fitted to float upon the waters. It was...

Verse Genesis 6:17. _I - DO BRING A FLOOD_] מבול; _mabbul_; a word used only to designate the _general deluge_, being never applied to signify any other kind of inundation; and does not the Holy Spirit intend to show by this that no other _flood_ was ever like this, and that it should continue to be the sole one of the kind? There have been many partial inundations in various countries, but never more than ONE _general deluge_; and we have God's promise, Genesis 9:15, that there shall never be _another_....

- Section VI - The Deluge - XXIII. The Ark 9. דור _dôr_ “age, time from birth to death,” applied either to an individual or the whole contemporary race, running parallel with some leading individual. Hence, the “race” or “generation” living during that time. 14. תבה _tēbâh_ “chest, ark.” It is used only of this vessel of Noah’s construction, and of the little vessel in which Moses was put Exodus 2:3, Exodus 2:5. The root, according to Furst, means “to be hollow.” אבה _'ēbeh_ a cognate word, signifies “a reed;” κιβωτός _kibōtos_ Septuagint....

§ 4. THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH (CH. 6:9-9:29). EXPOSITION GENESIS 6:9 THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH. "Novi capitis initium = "haec est historia Noachi (Rosenmüller; cf. Genesis 5:1). NOAH (_vide _Genesis 5:29) WAS A JUST MAN. צַדִּיק: not of spotless innocence (Knobel); but upright, honest, virtuous, pious (_vir probus_);_ _from צָדַּק, to be straight, hence to be just; Piel to render just or righteous (Eccl. Lat; _justificare_)_, to _declare any one just or innocent (Gesenius); better "justified" or declared righteous, being derived fro

AND, BEHOLD, I, EVEN I, DO BRING A FLOOD OF WATERS UPON THE EARTH,.... That there was such a flood of waters brought upon the earth, is confirmed by the testimonies of Heathen writers of all nations; only instead of Noah they put some person of great antiquity in their nation, as the Chaldeans, Sisithrus or Xisuthrus; the Grecians and Romans, Prometheus or Deucalion, or Ogyges. Josephus z says, all the writers of the Barbarian or Heathen history make mention of the flood and of the ark; and he produces the authorities of Berosus the Chaldean, and Hieronymus the Egyptian, who wrote the Phoenician antiquities, and Mnaseas, and many others, and Nicolaus of Damascus: and there are others that Eusebius a makes mention of, as Melo, who wrote against the Jews, yet speaks of the deluge, at which a man with his sons escaped; and Abydenus the Assyrian, whose account agrees with this of Moses that...

IV. THE GENERATIONS OF NOAH CHAPTER 6:9-22 Before the Flood _ 1. Noah walked with God (Genesis 6:9)_ 2. The earth filled with violence (Genesis 6:11) 3. The building of the ark commanded (Genesis 6:14) 4. Noah's obedience (Genesis 6:22) It was grace which constituted Noah just and enabled him to walk with God. Hebrews 11:7 gives a full definition of Noah's faith. Seven things are shown concerning Noah: Warned of God -- The ground of faith Things not seen -- The realm of faith He feared -- The exercise

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 Genesis 7:13; Genesis 7:11 and Genesis 7:12; Genesis 7:17 and Genesis 7:18 f.; G

I, EVEN I, DO BRING. FLOOD OF WATERS UPON THE EARTH. There has been much discussion of the question whether the flood was universal. The language used, at first glance, would seem to declare this, but the usage of the Hebrew will allow of its application to. flood that covered the then known world. It was undoubtedly universal, as far as the human race was concerned. This is shown by the fact that all races have traditions of the flood. As to the agencies employed, they were both geological and meteorological. "The windows of heaven were opened"--great rain storms; "and the fountains of the great deep were broken up"--the sea overflowed the land, caused by. depression of the land from earthquakes or other causes. EVERYTHING THAT IS IN THE EARTH SHALL DIE. All the land animals and man. Murphy has made. calculation that renders it probable that the human race amounted to three or four m...

I, EVEN I. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6. A FLOOD. Hebrew. _mabbul._ Limited to this account of the Deluge, and Psalms 29:10, which therefore refers to it. The Babylonian tablets of the Epic of Gilgames are the traditional accounts of primitive truths, corrupted in transmission. The inspired account here corrects the imaginary accretions which had gathered round it. ALL FLESH. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of part), put here for every kind of being. BREATH. Hebrew. _ruach =_ spirit. See App-9. LIFE. Hebrew. _chaiyim,_ plural for all kinds and manifestations. DIE. cease to breathe, expire....