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7 eat. And the eyes of them both were opened," and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed' fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

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"Job 23. 1.

• Job 31 33; 34. 22; Ps. 139. 1-12. Jer. 23, 24; Am. 9. 2, 3.

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the 9 LORD God amongst the trees of the garden." And the LORD God called unto 10 Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in 11 the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof ch. 2. 18; Job 31. 23; And the man said, The

12 1 commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?'

woman whom thou gavest to be with me," she gave me of the tree, and I did 13 eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, ' The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

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Peh. 2 25: Ex. 3. 6; Job 23. 15: la. 33.14; 1 John 3. 20.

Pro. 28 13

ver. 4; 2 Cor. 11. 3; 1 Tim 2. 14. Ex. 21. 29, 32. Is 65 25. Mie 7. 17. Mt. 3. 7. 13 38: 23. 33; John 8. 44: Ae. 13.10: 1 John 38.10. P. 132. 11: Is. 7 14: Mic 5. 2, 3: Mt. 1 23, 25; Lk. 1. 31, 34, 35 Gal. 4 4.

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly 15 shalt thou go, and 'dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life and I will put Ro. 16. 20: Cal 2.15: enmity between thee and the woman, and between" thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."

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Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

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Heb. 2. 14: 1 Jno. 3. 8: 5. 5; Rev. 12. 7, 17; 20 1-3

Is 53 5. 10, 12: Dan.
9 26: Mt. 4.1-10;
Lk. 22. 41-44.

a ch. 35 16-18: Ps.
48. 6: Is. 13 8; 21.
3: John 16. 21; 1
Tim 2. 15.
b ch. 4. 7

e Num. 30 6-8, 13:
1 Cor 11. 3: 14. 34:
Fpb. 5 22-24: 1
Tim 2 11. 12. Tit.
2.5; 1 Pet. 3. 1, 5,6.
ever. 6.
fch. 2 17.

And unto Adam he said, "Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it 18 all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; Sam 15. 23, 24 19 and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 'in the sweat of thy face' shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: " for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve [i.e. living]; because she was the 21 mother of all living. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

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And the LORD God said, ' Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of 23 life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the 24 garden of Eden," to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Cain and Abel; murder of Abel; Cain's descendants; birth of Seth.

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4 AND Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain [i.e. gotten, or
2 acquired], and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD." And she again bare hisch
brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep," but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
And in process of time [at the end of days] it came to pass, that Cain brought

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4 of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat 12 thereof. And the LORD had * respect

4-25: Heb. 1. 7.
ch. 3 23; 9. 20.
Lev. 2. 12; Num.
18. 12

b Ex 13. 12: Num.
18. 17 Pro. 3. 9.
ch. 15 7: Ps. 20. 3;

5 unto Abel and to his offering: but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect."3 | Heb. 11.4.

1 Or, 'tied.'

2 Rather 'girdles.'

3 Shame and terror came into the world with sin, and still attend it.

4 God requires of us an ingenuous confession of our sins; not that he may be informed, but that we may be humbled.

5 Thus ungratefully seeking to cast the blame upon God himself.

6 Or, he shall wound thee as to the head' (i.e., vitally, incurably), and thou shalt wound him as to the heel (i.e. partially, curably). This brief and originally obscure promise is the fountain-head of that copious stream of prophecy which became broader and more abundant as it flowed onwards.

7 Active exertion in itself is a blessing: its exhausting effects upon the body, which are associated in our ideas with the word 'labour,' are part of the curse. By these outward and sensible mementoes of their fall, our first parents were continually reminded of the melancholy change which had taken place in their condition, and admonished to avail themselves of the gracious provision made for their recovery.

8 The skins used for this purpose were probably skins of animals offered in sacrifice. There are good reasons

for believing that sacrifices were now appointed by God, to prefigure the great sacrifice, the only true and efficacious propitiation, which, in the latter ages of the world, should be offered once for all; and that sacrifices were henceforward offered by all true worshippers, as an acknowledgment of their guilt and its just desert, and as an expression of their hope in God's mercy through a Redeemer. (See chap. iv. 4; viii. 20, etc.) This institution of sacrifices, by a Divine revelation made to the ancestors of the whole race, accounts for the universal prevalence of sacrificial rites among the heathen.

9 This was probably a symbolical representation of the Divine presence, chiefly in a way of mercy (Exod. xxv. 18, 22; Psa. lxxx. 1). The appearance of fire, sometimes as a sword-like flame, sometimes as a bright cloud, commonly accompanied it, both in the holy of holies and in Ezekiel's vision. See Ezek. i. 4, 13.

10 Or, a man with Jehovah;' or, "I have gotten a man, Jehovah.'

11 Heb., a flock;' either sheep or goats. 12 Heb., 'fatnesses;' i.e. the best or finest. So Numb. xviii. 12, 29; Psa. lxxxi. 16; cxlvii. 14.

13 In Heb. xi. 4, we are told that this favour was granted to Abel's faith; which implies that what he did was in accordance with the Divine will. The two brothers

deh. 31. 2.
John 4. 4. 9.

6 And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the LORD said unto 7 Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest Job 12. 8: Fee. 8. 12. well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.'

13: 1 3 10. 11. Ae. 10 35: Ro. 2. 6-11. Heb 11. 4.

A Ro 7 8.9. Jam.1 15. ich 3 16

* 2 Sam.3 27. Ps 5 21.
Mt. 23. 35: 1 John 3
12. Jude 11.

m Ps. 9. 12.
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44.

Jos 7 19: P. 50 21. PP. 9 12: Heb. 12 24: Jam. 5. 4: Rev. 6. 10.

9 Deu. 27. 24: 28 15-
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Le 26. 20: Deu. B.
23.24.

Le. 26. 36.

8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were 9 in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and 'slew him. And the LORD said unto Cain," Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, "I know not: 10 Am I my brother's keeper? And he said, "What hast thou done? the voice of 11 thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from 12 thy hand; when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee 13 her strength; 'a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear [or, mine iniquity 14 is greater than that it may be forgiven]. Behold, thou hast driven me out this Job 15 20-24. day from the face of the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every 15 one that findeth me shall slay me. And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Ps. 79. 12. LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of 17 Nod, on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of 18 his son, Enoch. And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

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19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and 20 the name of the other Zillah. And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such 21 as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal: 22 he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron and the 23 sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. And Lamech said unto his wives,

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Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;-ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: For I have slain a man to my wounding,-and a young man to my hurt:" 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,-truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.10

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And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth [i. e. appointed, or put]: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed in26 stead of Abel, whom Cain slew. And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos. Then began men to call upon the name of the LORD" [or, to call themselves by the name of the Lord].

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eh 9 5,6; Num. 35. 19, 21, 27.

Eze. 9. 4, 6: Rev. 14. 9. 11.

a ch. 38:2 Ki 13. 23: 24. 20; Jer. A. 9: 52. 3; John 1. 3, 10. Ps. 49. 11.

Ro. 4. 11, 12.

d ver. 15.

ch. 5. 3: 1 Chr. 1.1; Lk. 3. 58.

ch 5 6.

1 Ki. 18 24: Ps 116. 17: 1 44. 5: 63. 19: Joel 2 32 Zeph 3 9. Ae 112; 1 Cor. 1.2, Eph. 3 14, 15.

á ch 1 ; 1Cor 11. 7: Eph. 4. 21; Col. 3. 10.

5 THIS is the book " of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created 1 Chr. 1.1: 1.k.3 34. 2 man, in the likeness of God made he him; male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son 'in his own 4 likeness," after his image; and " called his name Seth: "and the days of Adam after

were actuated by entirely different principles. Cain offered a ment, or rather food-offering alone; presenting himself and his property to God as if he had not been a sinner needing an atoning sacrifice. Abel offered, according to the Divine appointment, a sin-offering (accompanied probably with the other: see Exod. xxix. 38-41); thus confessing his guilt as a sinner, and declaring his faith in God's promised salvation. In all ages there have been two such descriptions of worshippers; namely, proud despisers of the Divine method of salvation, and humble believers in it.

1 This difficult passage may be thus rendered: 'If thou doest right, is there not acceptance [for thee]? and if not, a sin-offering coucheth at the door; and to thee shall he [i. e. either Abel or the ɛin-offering] be subject, and thou shalt have power over him [or it].' Or, 'If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin' (i. e. the punishment of sin) is at the door' (i. e. is ready to overtake thee). 'And unto thee shall be his' (i. e. thy brother's)' desire, and thou shalt rule over him' (i. e. thou shalt still retain the privilege of thy birthright).

2 The Septuagint, the Samaritan, and other versions have, 'Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go into the field.'

* ch. 1. 27.

Job 14. 4: 15.14, 15: 25.4: Ps 51. 5; John 3 6. meh 4 25.

1 Chr 1. 1. ete.

3 Adam and Eve had probably other children, to whose vengeance the fratricide would feel himself, obnoxious. 4 Rather, 'gave a token;' we know not what.

5 That part of the earth, probably, where Adam dwelt, and where the ordinances of religion were maintained. 6 That is, wandering.'

7 That is, stringed and wind instruments.

8 Or, 'forger of every tool.'-Brass,' or copper. 9 Or, I have killed a man who wounded me, a young man who gave me a stroke.'

10 This most ancient piece of poetry is obscure from its brevity; but it refers, probably, to a transaction in which Lamech had unintentionally (it may be in self-defence) killed a young man, and claims protection for himself on much stronger grounds than Cain.

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he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daugh5 ters and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years:

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And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: and Seth lived after 8 he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

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And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan : and Enos lived after he begat 11 Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: and all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

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And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel: and Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: 14 and all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

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And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared and Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and 17 daughters and all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

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P ch. 3. 19: 2 Sam. 14. 14: Job 30. 23: P. 89. 48, Ro. 5. 12-14; Heb. 9. 27.

9 cli. 4. 26.

And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: and▾ Jude 14, 15. Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daugh20 ters and all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years and he died.

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And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah and Enoch 'walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat 23 sons and daughters: and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five 24 years and 'Enoch walked with God: and he was not;' for God took him.

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And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech: 26 and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, 27 and begat sons and daughters: and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

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ch. 6 9: 17. 1: 24. 40; 2 Ki 20 3: Ps. 16. 8: 116.9: 128.1; Am 3 3; Mic. 6. 8; Mal 2.6.

tel. 37. 30: 2 Ki. 2. 11: Jer 31. 15; Lk.

23. 43; Heb. 11. 5,6.

Tk. 3. 36: Heb. 11. 7: 1 Pt 3 20

And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: and he called his name Noah [i. e. rest, or comfort], saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD ch. 3. 17-19; 4. 11. 30 hath cursed. And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five 31 years, and begat sons and daughters: and all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

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And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

☛ And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that 6 every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And *it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it'grieved him at

involved his posterity in its consequences. See Rom. v. 12-21; 1 Cor. xv. 45-47.

1 That is, was no longer on earth, as explained in Heb. xi. 5: Enoch was translated that he should not see death.' This departure of one whose character and activity must have made him well known, was eminently fitted to awaken an ungodly generation to the realities of another world; and to afford to the righteous a cheering pledge of the immortality of the soul, and the glorification of the body.

2 Shem was a hundred years old two years after the flood (chap. xi. 10), and consequently was born ninetyseven years before it, and in the five hundred and third year of Noah's age. If Ham were the younger (see chap. ix. 24), it must have been Japheth who was born when Noah was five hundred years of age; and he was therefore the eldest of the three.

3 Either the worshippers of Jehovah (see chap. iv. 26), or the chiefs of the people.

4 Either the descendants of Cain, or the people as distinguished from the chiefs.

9 ch. 6. 10.
ch. 10 21.
a ch. 1 28.

bch. 4 26: Ts. 63 16
2 Cor 6 18.

ech. 27. 46: Deu. 7.3. 4: Jos. 23. 12. 13: Ezr. 9. 2; 2 Cor. 6. 14-16.

d Ne. 9 30: Is 63. 10; Jer. 11. 7.8, 11: Gal

5. 16. 17; 1 Pet. 3. 19, 20.

Ps 78 39; Ro. 8. 6 -8. 13.

Num. 13. 33: Deu. 2. 20, 21: 3 11. ch. 13 13; P. 14. 2 A Job 15. 16: Ece. 9. 3; Ro 1. 29-31. ich N 21; D-u. 29. 19: Pro. 6. 18: Jer. 17. 9: Mt 15. 19; Eph 21-3; Tit 3.3. * see Num 23 19: 1 Sam 15. 11, 29; 2 Sam. 24. 16: Mal. 3. 6: Jam. 1. 17. Deu. 5 29: Ps 78. 40: 95. 10: Is. 63. 10: Lk 19. 41, 42; Eph. 4. 30.

5 Or, dwell,' as the Septuagint and Samaritan read. 6 Or, by his errors he is become flesh [i.e., sensual; or, a corrupt, perishing creature.]' Or, 'by his sins' (Rom. i. 25, 26.)

7 Perhaps literally so in stature and strength. The term, however, seems chiefly to refer to the lawless use of brute force. Verses 1, 2, and 4, are thus paraphrased by Dr. Wall: When men began to multiply in the earth, the chief men took wives of all the handsome poor women they chose. There were tyrants on the earth in those days; and also, after the antediluvian days, powerful men had unlawful connections with the inferior women; and the children which sprang from this illicit intercourse were the celebrated heroes of antiquity.'

8 This is spoken after the manner of men, as the word 'remembered' is used (chap. viii. 1), and 'look' (ix. 16), and 'came down to see' (xi. 5, 7, etc). All representations of God's character and doings must be adapted to the understanding of man. Hence, his abhorrence of sin and his determination to punish it are spoken of as if they affected him as they would affect us (comp. Numb. xxiii.

7 his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; " both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls 8 of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah" found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

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Hos. 4. 3; Zeph. 1.3.

ch. 19. 19: Ex. 33. 12, 13, 16, 17; Lk. 1. 30; Ac. 7. 46; 1 Cor. 15. 10.

ch. 7. 1: Eze. 14. 14, 20: 1k. 2. 25: Ac. 10. 22; Ro. 1. 17; Heb. 11. 7; 2 Pet. 2. 5. 1.8: Ps 37. 37. 9 ch. 5. 22. ch. 5. 32.

ch. 7. 1: 10 9; 13. 13: 2 Chr. 34. 27; Lk. 1. 6; Ro. 2. 13; 3. 19.

Eze. 8. 17: 29. 16; Hos. 4. 1. 2; Hab. 28, 17. ch 18. 21; Ps. 14. 2: 33 13. 14; 53. 2, 3; Pro. 15. 3. Job 22. 15-17.

Am. 8. 2;

2, 3, 6 1 Pet. 4. 7. z ver. 17.

THESE are the generations' of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect [or, 10 upright] in his generations, and Noah walked with God. And Noah begat three 11 sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The earth also was corrupt before God, and P2 Chr 15. 17: Jobl. 12 the earth was 'filled with violence. And God "looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; * for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the 14 earth [or, from the earth]. Make thee an ark' of gopher' wood; rooms shalt 15 thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty Jer. 51. 13: Eze. 7. 16 cubits. A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it' above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, 17 second, and third stories shalt thou make it. And, behold, I, even I, do bring 13 ch. 7. 4, 21 a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, 18 from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and 19 thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive 20 with thee; they shall be male and female. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of 21 every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. And take thou unto theech. 7. 9, 15. of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

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& Thus did Noah; " according to all that God commanded him, so did' he. And the LORD said unto Noah, 'Come thou and all thy house into the ark; vers 7, 13. Ps 91.1 2 for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. Of every 'clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female:" and of beasts 3 that are not clean by two," the male and his female. Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 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.

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19; Mal. iii. 6; James i. 17); whilst his forbearance and forgiveness are represented under the human guise of repentance and putting away of wrath.

1 See note on chap. v. 1.

2 This is a different word in the original from the other; and means, in his age,' which was a very corrupt one. 3 Rather but,' in opposition to ver. 9.

4 The Hebrew word here used is not that which is translated ark' [of the covenant]; it occurs again only in Exod. ii. 3, 5. The length of Noah's ark was probably four hundred and fifty feet, the breadth seventy-five, and the height forty-five; consequently it would be equal in size to about six or seven first-rate ships.

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8 The word 'covenant,' in Scripture, frequently signifies a special and solemnly declared purpose or promise of God; relating sometimes to the earth and the lower animals (see Gen. ix. 10); but generally to man, in which case it infers correspondent obligations on his part.

9 A remarkable act of faith, recorded with peculiar approbation (Heb. xi. 7).

10 That is, such as were appointed to be offered in sacrifice or used for food.

11 Of these only one pair was to be taken, as being generally less serviceable to man.

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