Genesis 6:20

_AND OF EVERY LIVING THING OF ALL FLESH, TWO OF EVERY SORT SHALT THOU BRING INTO THE ARK, TO KEEP THEM ALIVE WITH THEE; THEY SHALL BE MALE AND FEMALE._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

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...

- 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

OF FOWLS AFTER THEIR KIND, AND OF CATTLE AFTER THEIR KIND, OF EVERY CREEPING THING OF THE EARTH AFTER HIS KIND,.... What before is generally expressed by "every living thing", is here particularly explained of every sort of them; and from the order of them some have thought that in the same manner they were disposed of in the ark, the fowls in the first story, the cattle in the next, and the creeping things in the lowermost: but others place them in a different manner, Genesis 6:16 the roots and grain in the lower story, the living creatures of all sorts in the second, and their hay and litter in the third: the second story being three hundred cubits long, and fifty broad, contained in the whole fifteen thousand cubits, which is supposed to be divided into an hundred and fifty equal rooms; so the Targum of Jonathan on...

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

J gives no explanation of the universal wickedness which caused God to repent man's creation, but the previous narrative has prepared for it. Probably, however, the story, which begins abruptly, has lost something at the beginning. Observe the strong anthropomorphism in Genesis 6:6, characteristic of J but combined with a lofty conception of God. P's narrative begins with Genesis 6:9. This writer does not account for the prevalence of violence. The ark or chest is made of logs of gopher, _i.e._ probably fine cypress, though the word occurs only here, and its meaning is uncertain. It was divided into cells and the shell made watertight by the smearing of bitumen (Exodus 2:3 *) on the inside and outside. The specifications in...

EVERY LIVING THING... TWO OF EVERY SORT. All land animals, male and female, were to be preserved in the ark along with Noah, his sons and their wives. Of the clean animals--those used by the Jews for sacrifice or food--he was to take seven, evidently either for food or sacrificial purposes, If the flood was confined to the portion of earth inhabited by man, the animals of that region are referred to....

OF. Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, Septuagint, and Syriac read "and of". EARTH. ground....

_Of the fowl_, &c. The order in which the animals are here mentioned is deserving of notice; first the fowls, then the cattle, and finally the creeping things. What is the reason of this order? Probably the order of the account of the Creation in chap. 1 is followed, where the creation of the fowls is recorded in Genesis 1:20, and of the cattle and creeping things in Genesis 1:24. The same order is maintained in Genesis 1:26. _kind_ The same word as in Genesis 1:12 (P). _cattle_ as in Genesis 1:24, denoting domestic animals generally. The o