13 In the selfsame H6106 day H3117 entered H935 Noah, H5146 and Shem, H8035 and Ham, H2526 and Japheth, H3315 the sons H1121 of Noah, H5146 and Noah's H5146 wife, H802 and the three H7969 wives H802 of his sons H1121 with them, into the ark; H8392
But with thee will I establish H6965 my covenant; H1285 and thou shalt come H935 into H413 the ark, H8392 thou, H859 and thy sons, H1121 and thy wife, H802 and thy sons' H1121 wives H802 with thee.
And Noah H5146 begat H3205 three H7969 sons, H1121 Shem, H8035 Ham, H2526 and Japheth. H3315
And Noah H5146 went in, H935 and his sons, H1121 and his wife, H802 and his sons' H1121 wives H802 with him, into the ark, H8392 because of H6440 the waters H4325 of the flood. H3999 Of clean H2889 beasts, H929 and of beasts H929 that are not clean, H2889 and of fowls, H5775 and of every thing that creepeth H7430 upon the earth, H127 There went in H935 two H8147 and two H8147 unto Noah H5146 into the ark, H8392 the male H2145 and the female, H5347 as H834 God H430 had commanded H6680 Noah. H5146
And the sons H1121 of Noah, H5146 that went forth H3318 of the ark, H8392 were Shem, H8035 and Ham, H2526 and Japheth: H3315 and Ham H2526 H1931 is the father H1 of Canaan. H3667 These are the three H7969 sons H1121 of Noah: H5146 and of them was the whole earth H776 overspread. H5310
Now these are the generations H8435 of the sons H1121 of Noah, H5146 Shem, H8035 Ham, H2526 and Japheth: H3315 and unto them were sons H1121 born H3205 after H310 the flood. H3999 The sons H1121 of Japheth; H3315 Gomer, H1586 and Magog, H4031 and Madai, H4074 and Javan, H3120 and Tubal, H8422 and Meshech, H4902 and Tiras. H8494
Noah, H5146 Shem, H8035 Ham, H2526 and Japheth. H3315 The sons H1121 of Japheth; H3315 Gomer, H1586 and Magog, H4031 and Madai, H4074 and Javan, H3120 and Tubal, H8422 and Meshech, H4902 and Tiras. H8494 And the sons H1121 of Gomer; H1586 Ashchenaz, H813 and Riphath, H7384 and Togarmah. H8425 And the sons H1121 of Javan; H3120 Elishah, H473 and Tarshish, H8659 Kittim, H3794 and Dodanim. H1721 The sons H1121 of Ham; H2526 Cush, H3568 and Mizraim, H4714 Put, H6316 and Canaan. H3667 And the sons H1121 of Cush; H3568 Seba, H5434 and Havilah, H2341 and Sabta, H5454 and Raamah, H7484 and Sabtecha. H5455 And the sons H1121 of Raamah; H7484 Sheba, H7614 and Dedan. H1719 And Cush H3568 begat H3205 Nimrod: H5248 he began H2490 to be mighty H1368 upon the earth. H776 And Mizraim H4714 begat H3205 Ludim, H3866 and Anamim, H6047 and Lehabim, H3853 and Naphtuhim, H5320 And Pathrusim, H6625 and Casluhim, H3695 (of whom came H3318 the Philistines,) H6430 and Caphthorim. H3732 And Canaan H3667 begat H3205 Zidon H6721 his firstborn, H1060 and Heth, H2845 The Jebusite H2983 also, and the Amorite, H567 and the Girgashite, H1622 And the Hivite, H2340 and the Arkite, H6208 and the Sinite, H5513 And the Arvadite, H721 and the Zemarite, H6786 and the Hamathite. H2577 The sons H1121 of Shem; H8035 Elam, H5867 and Asshur, H804 and Arphaxad, H775 and Lud, H3865 and Aram, H758 and Uz, H5780 and Hul, H2343 and Gether, H1666 and Meshech. H4902 And Arphaxad H775 begat H3205 Shelah, H7974 and Shelah H7974 begat H3205 Eber. H5677 And unto Eber H5677 were born H3205 two H8147 sons: H1121 the name H8034 of the one H259 was Peleg; H6389 because in his days H3117 the earth H776 was divided: H6385 and his brother's H251 name H8034 was Joktan. H3355 And Joktan H3355 begat H3205 Almodad, H486 and Sheleph, H8026 and Hazarmaveth, H2700 and Jerah, H3392 Hadoram H1913 also, and Uzal, H187 and Diklah, H1853 And Ebal, H5858 and Abimael, H39 and Sheba, H7614 And Ophir, H211 and Havilah, H2341 and Jobab. H3103 All these were the sons H1121 of Joktan. H3355 Shem, H8035 Arphaxad, H775 Shelah, H7974 Eber, H5677 Peleg, H6389 Reu, H7466 Serug, H8286 Nahor, H5152 Terah, H8646 Abram; H87 the same is Abraham. H85 The sons H1121 of Abraham; H85 Isaac, H3327 and Ishmael. H3458
By faith G4102 Noah, G3575 being warned of God G5537 of G4012 things not G3369 seen G991 as yet, G3369 moved with fear, G2125 prepared G2680 an ark G2787 to G1519 the saving G4991 of his G846 house; G3624 by G1223 the which G3739 he condemned G2632 the world, G2889 and G2532 became G1096 heir G2818 of the righteousness G1343 which is by G2596 faith. G4102
Which sometime G4218 were disobedient, G544 when G3753 once G530 the longsuffering G3115 of God G2316 waited G1551 in G1722 the days G2250 of Noah, G3575 while the ark G2787 was a preparing, G2680 wherein G1519 G3739 few, G3641 that is, G5123 eight G3638 souls G5590 were saved G1295 by G1223 water. G5204
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Commentary on Genesis 7 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
CHAPTER 7
Ge 7:1-24. Entrance into the Ark.
1. And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark—The ark was finished; and Noah now, in the spirit of implicit faith, which had influenced his whole conduct, waited for directions from God.
2, 3. Of every clean beast … fowls—Pairs of every species of animals, except the tenants of the deep, were to be taken for the preservation of their respective kinds. This was the general rule of admission, only with regard to those animals which are styled "clean," three pairs were to be taken, whether of beasts or birds; and the reason was that their rapid multiplication was a matter of the highest importance, when the earth should be renovated, for their utility either as articles of food or as employed in the service of man. But what was the use of the seventh? It was manifestly reserved for sacrifice; and so that both during Noah's residence in the ark, and after his return to dry land, provision was made for celebrating the rites of worship according to the religion of fallen man. He did not, like many, leave religion behind. He provided for it during his protracted voyage.
4. For yet seven days—A week for a world to repent! What a solemn pause! Did they laugh and ridicule his folly still? He whose eyes saw and whose heart felt the full amount of human iniquity and perverseness has told us of their reckless disregard (Lu 17:27).
9. There went in two and two—Doubtless they were led by a divine impulse. The number would not be so large as at first sight one is apt to imagine. It has been calculated that there are not more than three hundred distinct species of beasts and birds, the immense varieties in regard to form, size, and color being traceable to the influence of climate and other circumstances.
16. and the Lord shut him in—literally, "covered him round about." The "shutting him in" intimated that Noah had become the special object of divine care and protection, and that to those without the season of grace was over (Mt 25:10).
17. the waters increased, and bare up the ark—It seems to have been raised so gradually as to be scarcely perceptible to its occupants.
20. Fifteen cubits upward … and the mountains were covered—twenty-two and a half feet above the summits of the highest hills. The language is not consistent with the theory of a partial deluge.
21. all flesh died … fowl … cattle, and … creeping thing—It has been a uniform principle in the divine procedure, when judgments were abroad on the earth, to include every thing connected with the sinful objects of His wrath (Ge 19:25; Ex 9:6). Besides, now that the human race was reduced to one single family, it was necessary that the beasts should be proportionally diminished, otherwise by their numbers they would have acquired the ascendancy and overmastered the few that were to repeople the world. Thus goodness was mingled with severity; the Lord exercises judgment in wisdom and in wrath remembers mercy.
24. an hundred and fifty days—a period of five months. Though long before that every living creature must have been drowned, such a lengthened continuance of the flood was designed to manifest God's stern displeasure at sin and sinners. Think of Noah during such a crisis. We learn (Eze 14:14) that he was a man who lived and breathed habitually in an atmosphere of devotion; and having in the exercise of this high-toned faith made God his refuge, he did not fear "though the waters roared and were troubled; though the mountains shook with the swelling thereof" [Ps 46:3].