10And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
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For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. …
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-10)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 no visible sign of its approach, no cloud arising that threatened it, nothing done towards it, but all continued serene and clear; for, as he prepared the ark by faith in the warning given that the flood wo…
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