And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
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Gill's Exposition
And he sent forth a raven,.... That by it he might make his observation, how high or low the waters were upon the earth; and the rather he sent out the raven, a bird of prey, which feeds on carrion,…
- 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…
Adam Clarke
He sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro - It is generally supposed that the raven flew off, and was seen no more, but this meaning the Hebrew text will not bear; ויצא יצוא ושוב vaiyetse…
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…
Cambridge Bible
a raven The Heb. and LXX give the definite article, "the raven," which some have explained as the only male raven in the ark. But the article is idiomatically generic; cf. Gen 8:8, Gesenius, Heb.…
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