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Genesis 7:1 open_in_new
LORD. Jehovah in His covenant-relation with Noah, and in connection with the seven clean beasts for sacrifice. See note on Genesis 6:12; Genesis 6:19.
house. household. Metonymy (of subject). App-6.
generation. Hebrew. dor, as in Genesis 6:9. those who were then alive: Noah's contemporaries.
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Genesis 7:2 open_in_new
clean. For sacrifice Leviticus 1:2; Leviticus 1:10; Leviticus 1:14, &c, sevens. For propagation.
two. See note on Genesis 6:19; Genesis 6:12.
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Genesis 7:4 open_in_new
seven days. The number of spiritual perfection (App-10). All the Flood dates are Sabbaths except one (Genesis 8:5).
forty. The number of probation (App-10).
destroy. wipe out, blot out.
earth. Hebrew. 'adamah = ground.
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Genesis 7:9 open_in_new
as God. according as Elohim. Compare Genesis 6:13.
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Genesis 7:11 open_in_new
deep. Hebrew. tehom = the waters of the abyss, as in Genesis 1:2; Genesis 49:25.Deuteronomy 33:13.Psalms 104:6.
windows. Not challon,. small aperture (Genesis 8:6), or zohar, an opening for light (Genesis 6:16), but 'arubah, lattice or net-work, not glass. Here "floodgates". Only here, and Genesis 8:2; 2 Kings 7:2; 2 Kings 7:19; Ecclesiastes 12:3.Isaiah 24:18. Isa 24:60, Isaiah 24:8; Hosea 13:3.Malachi 3:10.
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Genesis 7:13 open_in_new
entered, i.e. the eight persons of 1 Peter 3:20.
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Genesis 7:14 open_in_new
sort. Hebrew wing: put by Metonymy (of Adjunct), for every kind.
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Genesis 7:15 open_in_new
breath. Hebrew. ruach. See note on Genesis 6:17, and App-9.
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Genesis 7:16 open_in_new
God. Elohim, the Creator.
LORD. Jehovah, Noah's Covenant-God.
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Genesis 7:19 open_in_new
exceedingly. The Flood universal. Figure of speech Epizeuxis (greatly greatly).
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Genesis 7:21 open_in_new
And. Note the Polysyndeton (App-6) in verses: Genesis 7:21-23, solemnly emphasizing the complete extinction of life. Many other examples in this narrative to emph. its complete details. Heaps of animals and birds found together, mostly on hills. Bones not gnawed or exposed to the weather. There is also. break and. fresh beginning in Egyptian monuments.
died. ceased to breathe.
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Genesis 7:22 open_in_new
breath. neshamah. App-16.
of life. Hebrew of the spirit (ruach, App-9), of life (Hebrew. chay).