The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
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The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven, were stopped,.... The passages which let out the subterraneous waters in great quantity upon the earth, and the clouds of heaven, which…
- The Land Was Dried 1. שׁכך shākak “stoop, assuage.” 3. חסר chāsar “want, fail, be abated.” 4. אררט 'ărārāṭ, “Ararat,” a land forming part of Armenia. It is mentioned in 2Ki 19:37, and Isa…
Here is, I. An act of God's grace: God remembered Noah and every living thing. This is an expression after the manner of men; for not any of his creatures (Luk 12:6), much less any of his people, are…
Gen 8:1-14. The Diminution of the Waters
1 (P). God remembered The same expression occurs in Gen 19:29; Gen 30:22. It is a form of anthropomorphism which is not infrequent in the O.T. and which is in…
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