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Selected Verse: Genesis 8:6 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 8:6 |
Strong Concordance |
And it came to pass at the end [07093] of forty [0705] days [03117], that Noah [05146] opened [06605] the window [02474] of the ark [08392] which he had made [06213]: |
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King James |
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| at the end of forty days--It is easy to imagine the ardent longing Noah and his family must have felt to enjoy again the sight of land as well as breathe the fresh air; and it was perfectly consistent with faith and patience to make inquiries whether the earth was yet ready. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Forty days after the appearance of the mountain tops, Noah opened the window of the ark and let a raven fly out (lit., the raven, i.e., the particular raven known from that circumstance), for the purpose of ascertaining the drying up of the waters. The raven went out and returned until the earth was dry, but without being taken back into the ark, as the mountain tops and the carcases floating upon the water afforded both resting-places and food. After that, Noah let a dove fly out three times, at intervals of seven days. It is not distinctly stated that he sent it out the first time seven days after the raven, but this is implied in the statement that he stayed yet other seven days before sending it out the second time, and the same again before sending it the third time (Gen 8:10 and Gen 8:12). The dove, when first sent out, "found no rest for the sole of its foot;" for a dove will only settle upon such places and objects as are dry and clean. It returned to the ark and let Noah take it in again (Gen 8:8, Gen 8:9). The second time it returned in the evening, having remained out longer than before, and brought a fresh (טרף freshly plucked) olive-leaf in its mouth. Noah perceived from this that the water must be almost gone, had "abated from off the earth," though the ground might not be perfectly dry, as the olive-tree will put out leaves even under water. The fresh olive-leaf was the first sign of the resurrection of the earth to new life after the flood, and the dove with the olive-leaf a herald of salvation. The third time it did not return; a sign that the waters had completely receded from the earth. The fact that Noah waited 40 days before sending the raven, and after that always left an interval of seven days, is not to be accounted for on the supposition that these numbers were already regarded as significant. The 40 days correspond to the 40 days during which the rain fell and the waters rose; and Noah might assume that they would require the same time to recede as to rise. The seven days constituted the week established at the creation, and God had already conformed to it in arranging their entrance into the ark (Gen 7:4, Gen 7:10). The selection which Noah made of the birds may also be explained quite simply from the difference in their nature, with which Noah must have been acquainted; that is to say, from the fact that the raven in seeking its food settles upon every carcase that it sees, whereas the dove will only settle upon what is dry and clean. |
10 And it came to pass after seven [07651] days [03117], that the waters [04325] of the flood [03999] were upon the earth [0776].
4 For yet [05750] seven [07651] days [03117], and I will cause it to rain [04305] upon the earth [0776] forty [0705] days [03117] and forty [0705] nights [03915]; and every [03605] living substance [03351] that I have made [06213] will I destroy [04229] from off [05921] the face [06440] of the earth [0127].
9 But the dove [03123] found [04672] no rest [04494] for the sole [03709] of her foot [07272], and she returned [07725] unto him into the ark [08392], for the waters [04325] were on the face [06440] of the whole earth [0776]: then he put forth [07971] his hand [03027], and took her [03947], and pulled her in [0935] unto him into the ark [08392].
8 Also he sent forth [07971] a dove [03123] from him, to see [07200] if the waters [04325] were abated [07043] from off the face [06440] of the ground [0127];
12 And he stayed [03176] yet other [0312] seven [07651] days [03117]; and sent forth [07971] the dove [03123]; which returned [07725] not again [03254] unto him any more [05750].
10 And he stayed [02342] yet other [0312] seven [07651] days [03117]; and again [03254] he sent forth [07971] the dove [03123] out of the ark [08392];