2The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
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In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. …
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: …
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)Here is, I. An act of God’s grace: God remembered Noah and every living thing . This is an expression after the manner of men; for not any of his creatures (Luke 12:6), much less any of his people, are forgotten of God, Isa. 49:15 , 16 . But, 1. The whole race of mankind, except Noah and his family, was now extinguished, and driven into the land of forgetfulness, to be remembered no more; so that…
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