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Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:1-12Genesis 7:1-12 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe call to Noah is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children to come in-doors when he sees night or a storm coming. Noah did not go into the ark till God bade him, though he knew it was to be his place of…Noah Invited into the Ark. (b. c. 2349.)Genesis 7:1-4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleNOAH INVITED INTO THE ARK. (B. C. 2349.) Here is, I. A gracious invitation of Noah and his family into a place of safety, now that the flood of waters was coming, Genesis 7:1. 1. The call itself is very kind, like that…The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 7:1Genesis 7:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd the Lord, Jehovah, since Elohim now appears as the covenant God, though this change in the Divine name is commonly regarded by modern critics as betraying the hand of a Jehovist supplementer of the fundamental docum…The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 7:1-9Genesis 7:1-9 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe ark entered. I. THE INVITATION OF JEHOVAH. "Come thou and all thy house into the ark." This invitation was— 1. Timely. It was given on the finishing of the ark, and therefore not too soon; also seven days before the…The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 7:1-6Genesis 7:1-6 · The Pulpit CommentaryGod the Savior inviting faith. "Come thou and all thy house into the ark," &c. Covenant mercy. A type of the Christian Church, with its special privilege and defense, surrounded with the saving strength of God. I. DIVIN…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Genesis 7:1-12The call to Noah is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children to come in-doors when he sees night or a storm coming. Noah did not go into the ark till God bade him, though he knew it was to be his place of…Matthew HenrycommentaryNoah Invited into the Ark. (b. c. 2349.)NOAH INVITED INTO THE ARK. (B. C. 2349.) Here is, I. A gracious invitation of Noah and his family into a place of safety, now that the flood of waters was coming, Genesis 7:1. 1. The call itself is very kind, like that…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 7:1-9The ark entered. I. THE INVITATION OF JEHOVAH. "Come thou and all thy house into the ark." This invitation was— 1. Timely. It was given on the finishing of the ark, and therefore not too soon; also seven days before the…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 7:1-6God the Savior inviting faith. "Come thou and all thy house into the ark," &c. Covenant mercy. A type of the Christian Church, with its special privilege and defense, surrounded with the saving strength of God. I. DIVIN…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 7:1And the Lord, Jehovah, since Elohim now appears as the covenant God, though this change in the Divine name is commonly regarded by modern critics as betraying the hand of a Jehovist supplementer of the fundamental docum…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 7:2Of every clean beast. That the distinction between clean and unclean animals was at this time understood is easier to believe than that the writer would perpetrate the glaring anachronism of introducing in prediluvian t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 7:3Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female. I.e. of clean fowls, "which he leaves to be understood out of the foregoing verse" (Poole). The Samaritan, Syriac, and LXX. (not so Vulgate, Onkelos, Arabic)…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Deluge. (b. c. 2349.)THE DELUGE. (B. C. 2349.) Here is Noah's ready obedience to the commands that God gave him. Observe, 1. He went into the ark, upon notice that the flood would come after seven days, though probably as yet there appeared…Matthew Henry