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Selected Verse: Genesis 8:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 8:8 |
Strong Concordance |
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]; |
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King James |
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; |
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] |
| Also he sent forth a dove--a bird flying low and naturally disposed to return to the place of her abode. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
dove
The raven and the dove have been thought to stand for the believer's two natures: the "old man" satisfied with a world under judgment; the "new man" finding satisfaction only in the things of the new creation. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| He sent forth a dove - Which returned the first time with no good news, but probably wet and dirty; but the second time she brought an olive leaf in her bill, which appeared to be fresh plucked off; a plain indication that now the trees began to appear above water. Note here, that Noah set forth the dove the second time, seven days after the first time, and the third time was after seven days too: and probably the first sending of her out was seven days after the sending forth of the raven. The olive branch is an emblem of peace. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| He sent forth a dove - The dove was sent forth thrice; the first time she speedily returned, having, in all probability, gone but a little way from the ark, as she must naturally be terrified at the appearance of the waters. After seven days, being sent out a second time, she returned with an olive leaf pluckt off, Gen 8:11, an emblem of the restoration of peace between God and the earth; and from this circumstance the olive has been the emblem of peace among all civilized nations. At the end of the other seven days the dove being sent out the third time, returned no more, from which Noah conjectured that the earth was now sufficiently drained, and therefore removed the covering of the ark, which probably gave liberty to many of the fowls to fly off, which circumstance would afford him the greater facility in making arrangements for disembarking the beasts and reptiles, and heavy-bodied domestic fowls, which might yet remain. See Gen 8:17. |
17 Bring forth [03318] with thee every living thing [02416] that is with thee, of all flesh [01320], both of fowl [05775], and of cattle [0929], and of every creeping thing [07431] that creepeth [07430] upon the earth [0776]; that they may breed abundantly [08317] in the earth [0776], and be fruitful [06509], and multiply [07235] upon the earth [0776].
11 And the dove [03123] came in [0935] to him in the evening [06256] [06153]; and, lo, in her mouth [06310] was an olive [02132] leaf [05929] pluckt off [02965]: so Noah [05146] knew [03045] that the waters [04325] were abated [07043] from off the earth [0776].