Genesis 7:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

GENESIS CHAPTER 7 God commands Noah to enter into the ark; the reason of it, Genesis 7:1. Directs him as to the manner and time, Genesis 7:2-4. Noah's obedience in all things, Genesis 7:5. His age, Genesis 7:6. His entrance with his family, &c. into the ark, Genesis 7:7-9. The day in which the flood began, Genesis 7:10-11. Its continuance, Genesis 7:12. Noah and his family, &c. in the ark, Genesis 7:13-16. The flood increases and destroys all living substance, Genesis 7:17-24. 2349 When the ark was finished and furnished, and the time of God's patience expired, Genesis 6:3, he said unto Noah, Come, i.e. prepare to enter, thou and all thy family; which consisted only of eight persons, 1 Peter 3:20, to wit, Noah and his three sons, and their four wives, Genesis 6:18. Whereby it appears that each had but one wife, and consequently it is more than probable that polygamy, as it began in the posterity of wicked Cain, Genesis 4:19, so it was confined to them, and had not as yet got footing amongst the sons of God. For if ever polygamy had been allowable, it must have been now, for the repeopling of the perishing world. For thee have I seen righteous, with the righteousness of faith, as it is explained, Hebrews 11:7, evidenced by all the fruits of righteousness and true holiness, not only before men, and seemingly, but really, and to my all-seeing eye, in this generation; of which expression, See Poole on "Genesis 6:9".