Genesis 8:8

Also he sent forth a dove from him,.... Seven days after he had sent out the raven, as in Gen 8:10.

to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; for the dove is a creature that…

- 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…

He sent forth a dove - The dove was sent forth thrice; the first time she speedily returned, having, in all probability, gone but a little way from the ark, as she must naturally be terrified at the…

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…

a dove The definite article is used also here, though there would have been seven pairs of doves. From the opening clause of Gen 8:8, we may conclude that the narrative here was originally fuller, and…