And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
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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…
- 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…
We have here an account of the spies which Noah sent forth to bring him intelligence from abroad, a raven and a dove. Observe here,
I. That though God had told Noah particularly when the flood would…
The Story of the Raven and the Dove. (J.)
6. at the end of forty days The forty days mentioned in Gen 7:4; Gen 7:12. the window LXX θυρίδα, Lat. fenestram. This was not mentioned by P in the…