36Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
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Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. …
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: …
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-38)The evangelist mentioned John’s imprisonment before Christ’s being baptized, though it was nearly a year after it, because he would finish the story of John’s ministry, and then introduce that of Christ. Now here we have, I. A short account of Christ’s baptism, which had been more fully related by St. Matthew. Jesus came, to be baptized of John, and he was so, Luke 3:21 , 22 . 1. It is here said t…
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