From Nave’s Topical Bible
Antediluvians
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 16Passages listed
- 7Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Worship GodGenesis 4:3Genesis 4:4Genesis 4:26
- Occupations ofGenesis 4:2Genesis 4:3Genesis 4:20–22
- Arts ofGenesis 4:2Genesis 4:3Genesis 4:20–22Genesis 6:14–22
- Enoch prophesies to Jude 1:14,15
- Noah preaches toHebrews 11:71 Peter 3:18–202 Peter 2:5
- Wickedness ofGenesis 6:5–7
- Destruction ofGenesis 7:1Genesis 7:21–23Job 22:15–17Matthew 24:37–39Luke 17:26Luke 17:272 Peter 2:5
- See Flood
- Longevity of
- See Longevity
- Giants among
- See Giants
The passages, in Bible order (16)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 4:2
Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
Commentary on Genesis 4:22 voices
Again, she bore his brother Abel. Abel is interpreted as grief or miserable, by which name from the earliest age was foreshadowed the condition of his lamentable untimely death.
Bede· Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron)Patristic
And she again bare his brother Abel - Literally, She added to bear (ותסף ללדת vattoseph laledeth) his brother. From the very face of this account it appears evident that Cain and Abel were twins.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Genesis 4:3
So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
Commentary on Genesis 4:31 voice
In process of time - מקץ ימים mikkets yamim, at the end of days. Some think the anniversary of the creation to be here intended; it is more probable that it means the Sabbath, on which Adam and his family undoubtedly offered oblations to God, as the Divine worship was certainly instituted, and no doubt the Sabbath properly observed in that family. This worship was, in its original institution, very simple. It appears to have consisted of two parts: 1. Thanksgiving to God as the author and dispenser of all the bounties of nature, and oblations indicative of that gratitude.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Genesis 4:4
while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
Commentary on Genesis 4:42 voices
And moreover, we may also see simplicity in Abel, and the Holy Book sheweth us that he was more simple than Cain; for they both brought offerings to the Lord, and the offering of simplicity was accepted, but the offering of wickedness was rejected.
Philoxenus of Mabbug· 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 4 -- On Faith: First Discourse on SimplicityPatristic
Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock - Dr. Kennicott contends that the words he also brought, הביא גם הוא hebi gam hu, should be translated, Abel brought it also, i.e. a minchah or gratitude offering; and beside this he brought of the first-born (מבכרות mibbechoroth) of his flock, and it was by this alone that he acknowledged himself a sinner, and professed faith in the promised Messiah.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Genesis 4:20–22
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.
Commentary on Genesis 4:20–221 voice
Jabal - was the father - The inventor or teacher, for so the word is understood, 1Sa 10:12. He was the first who invented tent-making, and the breeding and managing of cattle; or he was, in these respects, the most eminent in that time. Though Abel was a shepherd, it is not likely he was such on an extensive scale.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Genesis 4:26
And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
Commentary on Genesis 4:261 voice
Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord - The marginal reading is, Then began men to call themselves by the name of the Lord; which words are supposed to signify that in the time of Enos the true followers of God began to distinguish themselves, and to be distinguished by others, by the appellation of sons of God; those of the other branch of Adam’s family, among whom the Divine worship was not observed, being distinguished by the name, children of men.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Genesis 6:5–7
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
Commentary on Genesis 6:5–72 voices
And for a very long while wickedness extended and spread, and reached and laid hold upon the whole race of mankind, until a very small seed of righteousness remained among them: and illicit unions took place upon the earth, since angels were united with the daughters of the race of mankind; and they bore to them sons who for their exceeding greatness were called giants.
Irenaeus· The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching, Sections 18-19Patristic
And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth.
Book of Enoch· 1 Enoch, Chapters 9-11Patristic
- Genesis 6:14–22
Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.
Commentary on Genesis 6:14–222 voices
Make thee an ark of Gopher wood,.... It is not called a ship, for it was not made for sailing to any distant parts, but an ark or chest, being like one, flat bottomed, and ridged and sloping upwards, and was made for floating on the waters for a little way.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Make thee an ark - תבת tebath, a word which is used only to express this vessel, and that in which Moses was preserved, Exo 2:3, Exo 2:5. It signifies no more than our word vessel in its common acceptation - a hollow place capable of containing persons, goods, etc., without any particular reference to shape or form. Gopher wood - Some think the cedar is meant; others, the cypress.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
- Genesis 7:21–23
And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
- Job 22:15–17
Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
Commentary on Job 22:15–171 voice
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? - Hast thou seen what has happened in former times to wicked people? Job had maintained that God did not deal with people in this world according to their character. To meet this, Eliphaz now appeals to ancient facts, and especially refers to the deluge, when the wicked were cut off by a flood for their sins.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Matthew 24:37–39
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
Commentary on Matthew 24:37–392 voices
It is asked here, how it was said above, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, &c. when here only tokens of peace are spoken of as what shall be then? We must suppose, that after the wars and the other miseries which shall waste the human race, shall follow a short peace, offering rest and quiet to approve the faith of the believers.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by AquinasPatristic
Noe - The Greek way of writing “Noah.” See Gen. 6–9. The coming of the Son of man would be as it was in the days of Noah: 1. In its being sudden and unexpected, the “precise time” not being made known, though the “general” indications had been given. 2. The world would be found as it was then.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Luke 17:26
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
Commentary on Luke 17:261 voice
He rightly declares the deluge to have been caused by our sins, for God did not create evil, but our deservings found it out for themselves. Let it not however be supposed that marriages, or again meat and drink, are condemned, seeing that by the one succession is sustained, by the other nature, but moderation is to be sought for in all things. For whatsoever is more than this is of evil.
Ambrose of Milan· Catena Aurea by AquinasPatristic
- Luke 17:27
People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
Commentary on Luke 17:272 voices
He rightly declares the deluge to have been caused by our sins, for God did not create evil, but our deservings found it out for themselves. Let it not however be supposed that marriages, or again meat and drink, are condemned, seeing that by the one succession is sustained, by the other nature, but moderation is to be sought for in all things. For whatsoever is more than this is of evil.
Ambrose of Milan· Catena Aurea by AquinasPatristic
Now Noah builds the ark mystically. The Lord builds His Church of Christ's faithful servants, by uniting them together in one, as smooth pieces of wood; and when it is perfectly finished, He enters it: as at the day of Judgment, He who ever dwells within His Church enlightens it with His visible presence. But while the ark is in building, the wicked flourish, when it is entered, they perish; as they who revile the saints in their warfare here, shall when they are crowned hereafter be smitten with eternal condemnation.
Bede· Catena Aurea by AquinasPatristic
- Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Commentary on Hebrews 11:72 voices
For what wonder if He extends a discipline who institutes it? if He advances who begins? In short, before the Law of Moses, written in stone-tables, I contend that there was a law unwritten, which was habitually understood naturally, and by the fathers was habitually kept. For whence was Noah "found righteous," if in his case the righteousness of a natural law had not preceded? Whence was Abraham accounted "a friend of God," if not on the ground of equity and righteousness, (in the observance) of a natural law?
Tertullian· An Answer to the JewsPatristic
By faith Noah, being warned of God,.... In the Greek text, Noah is called "Noe", and so the Septuagint interpreters of the Old Testament call him; but Josephus calls him "Noeos": or "having received an oracle from God"; in which he was admonished, how to make an ark, as Moses was, in like manner, how to make a tabernacle, Heb 8:
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
- 1 Peter 3:18–20
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
Commentary on 1 Peter 3:18–202 voices
The reason is presented, not for what was said immediately before, but for what was said a little earlier, namely for the words: "if you suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed" (1 Pet. 3:14); because it is better to suffer evil for good deeds …
Theophylact of Ohrid· Commentary on 1 PeterPatristic
Christ also hath once suffered - See the notes on Rom 5:6; Heb 9:28 (note). Put to death in the flesh - In his human nature. But quickened by the Spirit - That very dead body revived by the power of his Divinity. There are various opinions on the meaning of this verse, with which I need not trouble the reader, as I have produced that which is most likely.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- 2 Peter 2:5
if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
Commentary on 2 Peter 2:51 voice
And spared not the old world - The world before the flood. The argument here is, that he cut off that wicked race, and thus showed that he would punish the guilty. By that awful act of sweeping away the inhabitants of a world, he showed that people could not sin with impunity, and that the incorrigibly wicked must perish.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical