In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
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In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
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And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
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And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.
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- Genesis 7:13-14 In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth—the sons of Noah—and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ship— they, and every animal after its kind, all the livestock after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.
- Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the sky’s windows opened.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 8:14 And in the second month, on the…
Gen 8:14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
Ver. 14. And in the second month.] This was God’s good time, which holy Noah was content to wait; which we must also learn to do, or all will be out of order. Christ oft stayeth long, till "the fourth watch". {Mat 14:25} As he never faileth at his own time, so he seldom cometh at ours. Do therefore as the martyr did, who might have escaped privately out of prison, and was tempted so to do by his friends. But he replied, I will not go out of prison, when my friends would have it so, for that would be too soon; neither shall I stay here, till mine enemies would let me go, for that would be too long: but when God seeth good, and makes a fair way for me, &c.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Not only from water, as it was Gen 8:13,…
Not only from water, as it was Gen 8:13, but from mud and dirt also. So the flood continued ten days more than a year, by comparing this with Gen 7:11.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And in the second month, on the seven and…
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month,.... This was the month Marchesvan, as the Targum of Jonathan, which answers to part of our October, and part of our November; though according to Bishop Usher (y), this day was Friday the eighteenth of December, A. M. 1657; it was on the seventeenth of this month that Noah went into the ark, Gen 7:11 so that be was in it twelve months and ten days, according to a solar year; but if the reckoning is made according to Jewish months, six of which consisted of thirty days, and six of twenty nine only, then the twelve months made but three hundred and fifty four days, add to which eleven days to the twenty seventh, fully ended, it makes three hundred and sixty five days; so that he was in the ark just a full year, according to the course of the sun; but it seems very plain that the months here reckoned consisted of thirty days, since the one hundred and fifty, days when the waters abated are reckoned, from the seventeenth day of the second month, to the seventeenth day of the seventh month; which make exactly five months, and allow thirty days to a month: and at this time, when Noah had waited almost two months, after he had removed the covering of the ark:
was the earth dried; so that it was fit to walk upon, and was become commodious both for man and beast: a different word from that in the preceding verse is here used for "dry", this being a different kind, or, however, a greater degree of dryness than the other.
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(y) Ut supra. (Annales Vet. Test. p. 4.)
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The earth was dried - So as to be…
The earth was dried - So as to be a fit habitation for Noah.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 14. And in the second month, on the…
Verse 14. And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day] From this it appears that Noah was in the ark a complete solar year, or three hundred and sixty-five days; for he entered the ark the 17th day of the second month, in the six hundredth year of his life, Ge 7:11; Ge 7:13, and continued in it till the 27th day of the second month, in the six hundredth and first year of his life, as we see above. The months of the ancient Hebrews were lunar; the first six consisted of thirty days each, the latter six of twenty-nine; the whole twelve months making three hundred and fifty-four days: add to this eleven days, (for though he entered the ark the preceding year on the seventeenth day of the second month, he did not come out till the twenty-seventh of the same month in the following year,) which make exactly three hundred and sixty-five days, the period of a complete solar revolution; the odd hours and minutes, as being fractions of time, noncomputed, though very likely all included in the account. This year, according to the Hebrew computation, was the one thousand six hundred and fifty-seventh year from the creation; but according to the reckoning of the Septuagint it was the two thousand two hundred and forty-second, and according to Dr. Hales, the two thousand two hundred and fifty-sixth. See Clarke on Ge 11:12.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (14) In the second month, on the seven and…
(14) In the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month.—That is, fifty-seven days after Noah removed the covering, and a year and eleven days after the flood began. The word rendered “dried” at the end of this verse is different from that translated “dried up” and “dry” in Gen_8:13, and marks a further stage in the process. It should be translated, was thoroughly dry.
There is in this year and eleven days a curious fact. It is reasonably certain that thirty days were reckoned to a month. But as a matter of fact, twelve lunar months do not make 360 days, but only about 354. Probably, therefore, the day of the new moon was often twice counted, as the last of the old month and the first of the new. But if to these 354 days we add 11, that is, from the 17th to the 27th of the second month. the result is exactly a full solar year of 365 days.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And in the second month, on the seven and…
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. hv; by; The three Hebrew verbs employed to depict the gradual cessation of the floods express a regular gradation; llq; (ver. 11), to be lightened, signifying their abatement or diminution (kekopake to udwr, LXX); brj; (ver. 13), to be dried up, indicating the disappearance of the water (ejxelipe to udwr, LXX); vbey; (ver. 14), to be dry, denoting the desiccation of the ground (ejxhranqh hJ gh, (LXX). Cf. yw Isa_19:5, where there is a similar gradation: vb brjy, rhnw and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
CHRONOLOGY OF THE FLOOD. (Reckoning from the first day of the year.)
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Mos. Days Days I Beginning of the flood 1 17 = 47 Continuance of Rain = 40 Prevalence of Waters = 110 II The Ark touches Ararat 6 17 = 197 III The Mountains seen 9 = 270 Raven sent after 40 days = 310 Dove sent "7" = 317 Dove sent "7" = 324 Dove sent "7" = 331 IV The Waters dried up 12 27 = 360 V The earth dry 13 27 = 417 The data are insufficient to enable us to determine whether the Noachic year was solar or lunar. It has been conjectured that the year consisted of twelve months of thirty days, with five intercalated days at the end to make up the solar year of three hundred and sixty-five days (Ewald); of seven months of thirty days and five of thirty-one (Bohlen); of five of thirty and seven of twenty-nine (Knobel); but the circumstance that the period from the commencement of the Deluge to the touching of Ararat extended over five months exactly, and that the waters are said to have previously prevailed for one hundred and fifty days, naturally leads to the conclusion that the months of Noah"s year were equal periods of thirty days.
The returning of the waters, or the recall of Divine judgments.
I GOD"S JUDGMENTS HAVE THEIR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.
1. Separation the elimination of the righteous from the wicked. Under the present condition of the world there is a strange intermingling of the good and the evil. The tares and the wheat, the draw-net with good and bad fish (Mt 13) are suggestive emblems of this mixed state of society. The grand object contemplated by Christianity is the elimination of the saintly element from that which is corrupt. For this end it lays a special injunction on the former to withdraw themselves from the company and contagion of the latter (2Co_6:17; 2Th_3:6; 1Ti_6:5) Only it forbids men, under cover of real or pretended zeal for righteousness, to attempt any forcible separation of the commingled elements. (Mat_13:30) Yet what the hand of man cannot do the hand of God can winnow the chaff from the wheat. He did so by the Flood. He did so by the incarnation. (Mat_3:12) He will do so at the second advent. (Mat_13:30 Mat_25:32)
2. Condemnation the infliction of retribution on the finally impenitent. Undisguised was this the design of the full catastrophe which overtook "the world of the ungodly" in the time of Noah. It was sent for the specific purpose of punishing their evil deeds. And so have all Divine judgments of a like kind, what we misname accidents, catastrophes, floods, famines, pestilences, &c., a terrible on look of wrath and judicial retribution to them who forget to humble themselves -beneath the mighty hand of God. So certainly will the last great judgment, of which Noah"s flood was a prophetic symbol and warning, have as its specific purpose the complete destruction of the finally impenitent ;(vers. 2:5; 2Th_1:7 Heb_10:27; 2Pe_3:7)
3. Preservation the salvation of the faithful. This may be said to be the aim of all those minor troubles and afflictions that befall God"s people on the earth (Rom_8:28; 2Co_4:17) It is specially so when on a larger scale he interposes to inflict his judgments on the world (Isa_26:9) When he overthrows the wicked (whether nation orindividual) suddenly as in a moment, it is with an eye to the deliverance of his people. Examples Pharaoh, Goliath, Haman, Herod, Belshazzar. It was so with Noah. The destruction of the antediluvian sinners was necessary, if the remnant of the primitive Church was to be saved. So may it be said that the future overthrow of the wicked is indispensable, if the eternal happiness of the redeemed is to be secured.
II GOD"S JUDGMENTS HAVE THEIR APPOINTED TIMES.
1. Their times of coming. The hour of the commencement of the Flood was both fixed and announced 120 years before the event. Though not revealed, as in the can of the Noachic Deluge, the date of every event is as truly predetermined (cf. Gen_18:14; Exo_9:5; Job_7:1; Ecc_3:1; Jer_8:7; Act_17:26) And God"s judgments always keep their set times of coming, as the Flood came in the predicted hour for its arrival.
2. Their times of continuance. The flood of waters lingered on the earth for a season, but not forever. From the moment when the first raindrop fell from the leaden sky, after the Lord had shut the patriarch with his family and living creatures into the ark, till it could be said the earth was dry, one year and ten days passed away. So have all God"s judgments, at least here, their limits. Upon sinful men his wrath is not poured out without measure.
3. Their times of recall. In the future world we do not read that there will be any recall of the Divine judgments; everlasting punishment, (Mat_25:46) fire that never shall be quenched, (Mar_9:43) everlasting destruction (2Th_1:9) are some of the expressions employed to depict the fire-deluge of eternity. But here on earth God"s judgments, being only for a set time, are subject to recall; and as they cannot anticipate the hour appointed for their coming, so neither can they linger beyond the moment assigned for their departure. Their recall too is, as in the case of Noah"s flood
(1) An act of grace. (Gen_8:1) "God remembered Noah." "It is of the Lord"s mercies we are not consumed" (Lam_3:22; cf. 2Ki_13:23; Mar_1:41)
(2) An act of power (vers. 2, 3). As in order to roll back the tide of waters he sent forth a wind and stopped up the flood-gates of the deep and the windows of heaven, so is he able to lay his hand upon all the powers and forces of the material universe, and make them cease their working as easily as he set them in operation.
III GOD"S JUDGMENTS HAVE THEIR APPROPRIATE SIGNS.
1. Signs of their approach, which are commonly
(1) The growing wickedness of man, as in the days of Noah. (Gen_6:11, Gen_6:12) When an individual or a nation is becoming mature in sin, then that individual or that nation is becoming ripe for judgment. So it was with Pharaoh, and afterwards with Israel, with Babylon, Nineveh, Greece, Rome. So will it be in the end of the world. (cf. Rev_14:15)
(2) Prelusive chastisements from God, again as in the days of Noah. (Gen_7:10) The Deluge began with a rain-shower, which gradually became more violent as the days passed, and with the bursting forth of subterranean floods, which swelled the rivers, lakes, and oceans; all which must have been ominous indications that the long-threatened judgment was at last approaching. So the full outpouring of God"s wrath is commonly heralded by anticipatory inflictions.
2. Signs of their departure, which are usually
(1) The accomplishment of their mission. Immediately it could be said, "All in whose nostrils was the breath of life died", (Gen_7:22) it was added, "And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged" (ver. 1).
(2) The mitigation of their violence. The quieting of the waters (ver. 1) was the first symptom of the passing of the storm to Noah; and so, when God"s retributive judgments are about to be withdrawn, their severity begins to relax.
(3) The removal of their causes. The second sign to Noah was the cessation of the rain and the retirement of the floods (ver. 2). So, when God"s judgments are about to disappear, the agencies that brought them are visibly recalled.
(4) The arrival of little foretastes of deliverance. Such was the grounding of the ark to Noah and his imprisoned family (ver. 4).
(5) The perceptible return of the previous condition of affairs. This was symbolized by the reappearance of the mountain-tops (ver. 5).
IV GOD"S JUDGMENTS HAVE THEIR INTERESTED OBSERVERS. Possibly the wicked are indifferent to the Divine judgments when they happen to be abroad upon the earth; but not so the righteous, to whom everything connected with them is of the utmost importance. Observers of God"s judgments should be like Noah
1. Hopeful expecting them to pass. Had Noah not anticipated the complete removal of the waters, he had not made a single experiment to discover how that removal was progressing. Let the saints learn from Noah to cherish hope in God.
2. Prayerful. There is good reason for believing that Noah sent forth the raven and the dove on the day of weekly rest, and after solemn religious exercises (vide Expos.). The saint"s inquiries into God"s judgments should always be conducted in a spirit of devotion.
3. Intelligent i.e. capable of reading the signs of the times. When the dove came home to Noah with the fresh-gathered olive leaf, "he knew that the waters were abated from off the earth" (ver. 11). So God ever vouchsafes to devout souls, who seek them by faith, appropriate and adequate signs of his movements, which it becomes them to study and interpret.
4. Patient seeking neither to outrun God"s leading nor to anticipate God s directing, but, like Noah, calmly waiting the Divine order to advance to the new sphere and the new duty which the passing of his judgments may reveal. Noah waited fifty-seven days after the drying up of the waters before he left the ark, and then he only did so at God"s command; wherefore, "be ye not unwise" by being over-hasty, "but understanding what the will of the Lord is". (Eph_5:17)
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain second month
second month
i.e. May.
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8:14 the earth was dry! This special word for dry land is uniquely used in connection with the sea to portray God’s sovereignty over both domains (see 1:9-10; Exod 14:22, 29; Ps 95:5; Jon 1:9).
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