And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
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Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean,.... Seven couple of the one, and a couple of the other:
and of fowls, clean and unclean, also a like number:
and of everything that creepeth upon…
- The Ark Was Entered 2. טהור ṭâhôr “clean, fit for food or sacrifice.” 4. יקוּם yeqûm “standing thing; what grows up, whether animal or plant.” Compare קמה qāmâh “stalk, or standing corn.” Gen…
Here is Noah's ready obedience to the commands that God gave him. Observe, 1. He went into the ark, upon notice that the flood would come after seven days, though probably as yet there appeared no…
A description of the entrance into the ark, with evident editorial adaptations to harmonize Gen 6:19 and Gen 7:2; Gen 7:15.
6 (P). six hundred years old P gives Noah's age at the time of the Flood. In…
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