10And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
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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.
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-12)We have here an account of the spies which Noah sent forth to bring him intelligence from abroad, a raven and a dove. Observe here, I. That though God had told Noah particularly when the flood would come, even to a day (Gen. 7:4), yet he did not give him a particular account by revelation at what times, and by what steps, it should go away , 1. Because the knowledge of the former was necessary to…
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