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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month,.... That is, five months after the flood began, and when the waters began to decrease; for this is not the seventh month of the flood, but of the year, which being reckoned from Tisri, or the autumnal equinox, must be the month Nisan, which answers to part of our March,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month,.... That is, from the seventeenth of the seventh month, to the first of the tenth month, a space of two months and thirteen days, and being summer time, through the heat of the sun, they decreased apace: in the tenth [month], on the first [day] of the month, were the tops of the mountains...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And it came to pass at the end of forty days,.... From the appearance of the mountains, that is, from the first day of the tenth month, to forty days after; and being ended, this must be the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the month Ab, which answers to July and August; and according to Bishop Usher (k) it was Friday the twenty eighth of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, Sometimes alighting on the ark; then flying away again.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he sent forth a raven,.... That by it he might make his observation, how high or low the waters were upon the earth; and the rather he sent out the raven, a bird of prey, which feeds on carrion, that if the earth had been dry, the smell of the dead carcasses would have invited it to go far off from the ark, and not return; but if not, he would...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Until the waters were dried up from of the earth. Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from of the face of the ground; But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Also he sent forth a dove from him,.... Seven days after he had sent out the raven, as in Genesis 8:10 to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; for the dove is a creature that delights in cleanness, flies low, and goes far off, so that if it returned not again, he might conclude that the waters were gone off the earth; but...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, [and] she returned unto him into the ark,.... It being a creature that feeds upon seeds it picks off from the ground, and loving cleanness, it could find no place where it could alight, and have food to live upon, and retain its cleanness; for though the tops of the mountains were clear of the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he stayed yet other seven days,.... As he had stayed seven days between the sending out of the raven and the dove, so he stayed seven days more after he had sent out the dove, and it returned to him, waiting patiently for his deliverance, and the signs of it; though he could have been glad to have known its near approach, for which he made the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. The waters were abated as far as the fruit trees; not only the tallest forest trees, but some of the fruit trees were uncovered from the water....
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the dove came in to him in the evening,.... It having been out all day delighting itself in a free air, and perching upon the trees, but yet not finding sufficient food, or a proper lodging, it returned to Noah at the evening for food and dwelling in the ark: and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: which might easily be done, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he stayed yet other seven days,.... After the dove had returned: and sent forth the dove; the same dove again; which returned not again unto him any more: the earth being dry, it found rest for the sole of its feet, sufficient food to eat, and a proper place for its habitation; and liking to be at liberty, and in the open air, chose not to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. Noah could read something from that leaf that the dove brought to him, but he learned more when she did not return to him. He knew that she had found a proper resting-place, and that the earth was clear of the flood.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And it came to pass, in the six hundred and first year,.... Of Noah's life, and so the Septuagint adds, in the first month, [the first day] of the month; so that it was the first day of the year, New Year's Day, and a joyful one it was to Noah and his family, when they saw dry ground; which they had not seen for above ten months: according to R....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: That was a happy New Year’s day for Noah. He was glad to find himself at rest once more, though not yet at liberty. Gen_8:13. And Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month,.... This was the month Marchesvan, as the Targum of Jonathan, which answers to part of our October, and part of our November; though according to Bishop Usher (y), this day was Friday the eighteenth of December, A. M. 1657; it was on the seventeenth of this month that Noah went...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And in the second month, Nearly two months Noah waited for the complete drying of the earth. Gen_8:14. On the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. “The face of the ground was dry” in the first month; “the earth was dried,” the second month. Noah might have thought it was dry enough before; but God did not think so, there was...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And God spake unto Noah, saying,.... Whether in a dream or vision, or by an articulate voice, appearing in an human form, or by an impulse on his mind, is not certain; however, the Lord spoke so to him, that he heard him and understood him: it was, no doubt, very rejoicing to him, since he had not heard his voice for a year or more, at least that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And God spoke unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, Noah must wait till God speaks to him. Oh, that some people would wait for God’s command, but they will not! He shall bless thy going out and thy coming in if thou wilt go forth and come in when he bids thee. “Go forth,” says the Lord, “Go forth of the ark.”