Genesis 8:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. ”

Genesis 8:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- XXVII. The Ark Was Evacuated 19. משׁפחה mı̂shpāchah , “kind, clan, family.” שׁפחה shı̂pchâh , “maid-servant; related: spread.” 20. מזבח mı̂zbēach , “altar; related: slay animals,...
Genesis 8:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Noah (i) builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. (i) For sacrifices which were as an exercise of their f...
Genesis 8:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The mention of the rain ( Genesis 8:2 b ) comes from J, and since Genesis 8:3 b with its dating belongs to P, Genesis 8:3 a may be assigned to J. With Genesis 8:6 we resume J's story; aft...
Genesis 8:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

altar. The first mentioned in Scripture. offered. Hebrew. alah . App-43. burnt offerings. Hebrew. 'oldh.
Genesis 8:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. As Noah had given many proofs of his obedience, so he now presents an example of gratitude. This passage teaches us that sacrifices were institute...
Genesis 8:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. Noah builded an altar - As we have already seen that Adam, C...
Genesis 8:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Noah builded an altar, &c.— Offerings and sacrifices necessarily imply the whole apparatus required; Cain and Abel could not have sacrificed without an altar. But that original one being destro...
Genesis 8:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. Noah builded an altar - literally, 'a high place:' p...
Genesis 8:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Noah builded an altar unto the Lord ( Jehovah ). — The account of this sacrificial act is said to have been an interpolation of the Jehovist. Really it forms an integral portion of the numerous tra...
Genesis 8:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Genesis 8:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Noah Leaves the Ark Genesis 8:1-22 Traditions of the Flood are found in every country, from the tablets of Babylon to the rude carvings of the Aztecs, proving man's common origin. “God remember...
Genesis 8:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Upborne on the billows of judgment, the Ark rode securely, holding within it the nucleus of a new departure in human history. When the work of judgment was fully accomplished, the waters decreased, a...
Genesis 8:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. Is not the Lord Jesus both our New Testament, Altar, Priest...
Genesis 8:20 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE FIRST ALTAR IN THE NEW WORLD ‘And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar,’ etc. Genesis 8:20-2...
Genesis 8:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord ,.... Not an house for himself and his family, but an altar for God; his first and greatest concern being for the glory of God, and not for the temporal good...
Genesis 8:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. Ver. 20. And Noah builded an altar to the Lord. ] This wa...
Genesis 8:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Noah builded an altar The first altar that we read of; but not the first which was built; for the sacrifices which were offered before, Genesis 4:3-4 , presuppose an altar or altars. And it ought...
Genesis 8:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A RENEWED EARTH The five months of floating on a shoreless sea would seem interminable to Noah and his family, and it can be well imagined that they would feel that God had forgotten them. "But Go...
Genesis 8:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Noah's Sacrifice. B. C. 2348. 20 And Noah builded an altar unto the L ORD ; and took of...
Genesis 8:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This is the first altar we read of, but not the first which was built; for the sacrifices which were offered before, Genesis 4:3-4 , presuppose an altar. Therefore it is no sufficient evidence tha...
Genesis 8:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Noah Offers a Sacrifice to Yahweh and Receives His Personal Covenant ( Genesis 8:20-22 ) Now we are approaching the covenants around which the whole account is based and was the reason why it was...
Genesis 8:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 8:20-22 THE DEVOUT CONDUCT OF A GOOD MAN AFTER A SPECIAL DELIVERANCE FROM EMINENT DANGER I. That Noah gratefully acknowledged his deliverance as fro...
Genesis 8:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 8:4 , Genesis 8:18 ; Genesis 8:20 On the slopes of Ararat was the second cradle of the race, the first village reared in a world of unseen graves. I. It was the village of the ark, a...
Genesis 8:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 8:1 . And God remembered Noah, Noah had been shut up in the ark for many a day, and at the right time God thought of him, practically thought of him, and came to visit him. Dear heart, yo...
Genesis 8:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 8:3 . The waters returned from off the earth continually. The Hebrew, חלוךְ ושׁוב cha-loveck ve-shou. Montanus renders eundo et redeundo, the going and coming of the waters. The word i...
Genesis 8:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord Noah’s sacrifice I. THERE IS AN EVIDENT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SACRIFICE OF NOAH AND THOSE OF CAIN AND ABEL. Here, under God’s guidance, the mound of tur...
Genesis 8:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 8:15-1 And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark. For which command doubtless the patriarch waited, as he had done for instructions to enter in ( Genesis 7:1...
Genesis 8:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. Noah's first act after leaving the ark of deliverance was an...
Genesis 8:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

builded. Genesis 4:4 Genesis 12:7 Genesis 12:8 Genesis 13:4 Genesis 22:9 Genesis 26:25 Genesis 33:20 Genesis 35:1 Genesis 35:7 Exodus 20:24 Exodus 20:25 Exodus 24:4-8 Romans...
Genesis 8:20 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Assuaging of the Waters Genesis 8:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. There is a striking verse in 2 Peter 3:6-7 , which reads: "Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, peris...
Genesis 8:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And Noah builded an altar — Hitherto he had done nothing without particular instructions and commands from God but altars and sacrifices being already of Divine institution, he did not stay for a p...

Genesis 8:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 8:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 8:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 8:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 8:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 8:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 8:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 8:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 8:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 8:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 8:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 8:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 8:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 8:20 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 8:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 8:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 8:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 8:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 8:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 8:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 8:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 8:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 8:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 8:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 8:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 8:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 8:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 8:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 8:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 8:20 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Genesis 8:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes