12And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
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And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
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 therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. …
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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