And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
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Gill's Exposition
And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth,.... Still they became greater and more powerful, as to bear up the ark, so to cast down houses, trees, &c. by the continual rains…
- 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…
Adam Clarke
The Lord shut him in - This seems to imply that God took him under his especial protection, and as he shut Him in, so he shut the Others out. God had waited one hundred and twenty years upon that…
Here is repeated what was related before of Noah's entrance into the ark, with his family and creatures that were marked for preservation. Now,
I. It is thus repeated for the honour of Noah, whose…
(P). The Entrance into the Ark, according to P
The repetition of what has already been narrated in Gen 7:7-9 can hardly fail to strike the reader; and, without our recognition of the composite…
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