“ Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. ”
The prevalence of the waters. The forty days are now completed. And at the end of this period the ark had been afloat for a long time. It was drifted on the waters in the direction in which they we...
The Flood. This section has been very skilfully composed from both J and P. There are numerous repetitions: Genesis 6:5-8 and Genesis 6:12 f.; Genesis 7:7-9 and Genesis 7:13-16 ; Genesis 7:...
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. Fifteen cubits upward - Should any person object to the universality of the deluge because he may imagine there is not wa...
Fifteen cubits upward— That is, fifteen cubits, or twenty-two feet and a half, upward, or above the highest mountains. It is plain, as words can make it, from this and the foregoing and the subsequ...
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. Fifteen cubits upward. Estimating the cubit at eighteen inches, then the waters were twenty-three feet above the...
The Flood (continued) 2. By sevens] RV 'seven and seven,' or seven pairs. The clean animals might be used for food, and would also be required for sacrifice. Observe that in Genesis 6:19 this di...
Fifteen cubits upward. — This apparently was the draught of the ark, computed after it had settled. in the region of Ararat. Fifteen cubits would be about twenty-two feet, and as the ark floated on...
THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1-32 ; Genesis 6:1-22 ; Genesis 7:1-24 ; Genesis 8:1-22 ; Genesis 9:1-29 THE first great event which indelibly impressed itself on the memory of the primeval world was t...
the Great Flood Genesis 7:1-24 What anguish! They climbed the highest story of their towers, then to the hills, but the greedy waters followed them, till the last crag was covered, and all livi...
At last the work was completed, and the man who by faith had done that which was evidence of his folly in the eyes of the world entered the Ark, leaving behind him all his possessions. Then came the...
Fifteen cubits upwards did the waters prevail ,.... Either to such an height above the earth, upwards from that, or from the high hills; for though the words do not necessarily imply that, yet it ma...
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. Ver. 20. Fifteen cubits upward. ] So, above any mountain. The Popish fable of Enoch, preserved alive in some high plac...
All the high hills, and the mountains were covered Therefore, there were hills and mountains before the flood. Deists, and other infidels, would persuade us that this was impossible, because of the...
PRESERVED THROUGH THE FLOOD Certainly so tremendous a project as the preparing of the ark would attract great attention by all the people, for in spite of Noah's preaching of righteousness ( 2 Pet...
17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly up...
Fifteen cubits were sufficient for the destruction of the highest men, or other creatures, though placed upon the highest mountains.
‘And the waters grew deeper and bore up the ark and it was lifted up above the earth. And the waters prevailed and increased with great abundance on the earth, and the ark went up on the face of the...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 7:11 . Great deep.] “The great abyss—the mighty roaring deep:” Heb. tehôm —same word as in Genesis 1:2 ; Proverbs 8:24 , &c: Sept. and Vulg. “abyss.” Broken up. ]...
Gen. 6-7 A long period elapsed between the commencement of the building of the ark and the actual flood. During that period we notice: (1) the strength of Noah's faith. God has told him of a deluge...
Genesis 7:1 . And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; Notice that the Lord did not say to Noah, «Go into the ark,» but «Come,» plainly implying that God was himself...
Genesis 7:2 ; Genesis 7:8 . Clean beasts by sevens. Male and female, reserving one for sacrifice. God's special care is over man and beast, and over the preservation of religion. Genesis 7:1...
EXPOSITION Genesis 7:11 , Genesis 7:12 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month. Not (1) of Noah's 600th year. (Knobel); but either (2) of the theocratic y...
The Destruction Caused by the Flood
and the mountains. Psalms 104:6 Jeremiah 3:23
The Waters Prevailed Genesis 7:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory we wish to bring before you statements concerning Noah and the ark which are found in the First Epistle of Peter. 1. Wh...
The mountains were covered — Therefore there were mountains before the flood.