What does Genesis 7:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroyc from off the face of the earth."
Verse Genesis 7:4. _FOR YET SEVEN DAYS_] God spoke these words probably on the seventh or Sabbath day, and the days of the ensuing week were employed in entering the ark, in embarking the mighty troop...
- The Ark Was Entered 2. טהור _ṭâhôr_ “clean, fit for food or sacrifice.” 4. יקוּם _y__e__qûm_ “standing thing; what grows up, whether animal or plant.” Compare קמה _qāmâh_ “stalk, or standing...
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...
From J, but touched by the redactor in Genesis 7:3_ a_. J's account of the command to build the ark and its fulfilment has been omitted in favour of P's. J recognises the distinction between clean and...
SEVEN DAYS. The number of spiritual perfection (App-10). All the Flood dates are Sabbaths except one (Genesis 8:5). FORTY. The number of probation (App-10). DESTROY. wipe out, blot out. EARTH. Hebr...
Genesis 7:1-5 The account, from J, of the command to enter the ark. The chief difference, between the J and P versions, lies in the number of the animals which Noah is to take into the ark. According...
YET SEVEN DAYS.— This frequent reference to the period of _seven days,_ shews that it was usual to calculate by weeks, a custom prevailing, as is reasonable to suppose, from the very beginning of the...
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...
_FOR YET SEVEN DAYS, AND I WILL CAUSE IT TO RAIN UPON THE EARTH FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS; AND EVERY LIVING SUBSTANCE THAT I HAVE MADE WILL I DESTROY FROM OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH._ FOR YET SEVEN D...
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 distinc...
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...
FORTY DAYS. — Henceforward forty became the sacred number of trial and patience, and, besides the obvious places in the Old Testament, it was the duration both of our Lord’s fast in the wilderness and...
כִּי֩ לְ יָמִ֨ים עֹ֜וד שִׁבְעָ֗ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ מַמְטִ֣יר עַל ־הָ אָ֔רֶץ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים יֹ֔ום וְ אַרְבָּעִ֖ים...
THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1; Genesis 6:1; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 8:1; Genesis 9:1 THE first great event which indelibly impressed itself on the memory of the primeval world was the Flood. There is every reas...
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...
FOR YET SEVEN DAYS,.... Or one week more, after the above orders were given, which, the Jews say, were for the mourning at Methuselah's death; others, that they were an additional space to the one hun...
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. Ver. 4. _For yet...
_Yet seven days_ Or after seven days, which time the long- suffering of God (1Pe 3:20) granted to the world, as a further space for repentance, of which, therefore, it is probable, Noah gave them noti...
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...
The Order to Embark...
See Genesis 6:8 ff for the passage quote with footnotes. Genesis 7:1 And the Lord said unto Noah, come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation....
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:...
DESTROY: _ Heb._ blot out...
1-12 The call to Noah is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children to come in-doors when he sees night or a storm coming. Noah did not go into the ark till God bade him, though he knew...
YET SEVEN DAYS, or, _after seven days, _ the Hebrew _Lamed_ being put for _after, _ as it is EXODUS 16:1 PSALMS 19:3 JEREMIAH 41:4. Or, _within seven days, _ which time God allowed to the world as a f...
Genesis 7:4 For H5750 seven H7651 days H3117 rain H4305 (H8688) earth H776 forty H705 days H3117 forty H705 nights H3915 destroy H4229 (H8804) from H5921 face H6440 earth H127 all H3605 things H3351 m...
THE DAY ARRIVES (GENESIS 7:1) Genesis 7:1 ‘And Yahweh said to Noah, “Come, both you and all your household into the ark, for I have seen you as righteous before me in this generation”.' We now see...
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 o...
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 s...
_For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth._ THE DIVINE THREAT OF DESTRUCTION I. VERY SOON TO BE EXECUTED. II. VERY MERCIFUL IN ITS COMMENCEMENT. III. VERY TERRIBLE IN ITS DES...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 7:1 On the distinction between CLEAN and NOT CLEAN creatures, see Leviticus 11:1 and Deuteronomy 14:4. Since after the flood some clean animals will be offered as sacrifices (s...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 7:1. Righteous.] The radical notion of this important word in Hebrew is, by Gesenius and Davies, affirmed to be that of “straightness,” the quality of going evenly and directl...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 7:1 AND THE LORD, _Jehovah_, since Elohim now appears as the covenant God, though this change in the Divine name is commonly regarded by modern critics as betraying the hand of a J...
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...
For. Genesis 7:10 Genesis 2:5 Genesis 6:3 Genesis 8:10 Genesis 8:12 Genesis 29:27 Genesis 29:28 Job 28:25 Job 36:27 Job 37:11...
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 A...
Yet seven days and I will cause it to rain — It shall be seven days yet before I do it, After the 120 years were expired, God grants them a reprieve of seven days longer, both to shew how slow he is t...