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Genesis 7:12

Genesis 7:12
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind,.... They, Noah and his family, went into the ark; as did all sorts of beasts and cattle, reckoned one hundred and thirty…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 7:10-16

- XXV. The Flood The date is here given, at which the flood commenced and the entrance into the ark was completed. “In seven days.” On the seventh day from the command. “In the second month.” The…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The rain was upon the earth - Dr. Lightfoot supposes that the rain began on the 18th day of the second month, or Marcheshvan, and that it ceased on the 28th of the third month, Cisleu.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 7:11-12

Here is, I. The date of this great event; this is carefully recorded, for the greater certainty of the story.

1. It was in the 600th year of Noah's life, which, by computation, appears to be 1656…