And God spake unto Noah, saying,
And God spake unto Noah, saying,
And God speaketh unto Noah, saying, `Go out from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee;
AndGod spoke to Noah, saying,
Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
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And God spake unto Noah, saying,.... Whether in a dream or vision, or by an articulate voice, appearing in an human form, or by an impulse on his mind, is not certain; however, the Lord spoke so to him, that he heard him and understood him: it was, no doubt, very rejoicing to him, since he had not heard his voice for a year or more, at least that we read of; and what he said to him was as follows.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
- XXVII. The Ark Was Evacuated 19. משׁפחה mı̂shpāchah, kind, clan, family. שׁפחה shı̂pchâh, maid-servant; related: spread. 20. מזבח mı̂zbēach, altar; related: slay animals, sacrifice. 21. עלה 'olâh, whole burnt-offering. That which goes up. Step; related: go up. Gen 8:15-19 The command to leave the ark is given and obeyed. As Noah did not enter, so neither does he leave the ark, without divine direction. The fowl, the cattle, and the creeper. Here, again, these three classes are specified under the general head of every living tiring.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
Those that steadily adhere to God's word as their rule, and are guided by his grace as their principle, and take hints from his providence to assist them in their application of general directions to particular cases, may in faith see him guiding their motions in their march through this wilderness.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
