1. And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

2. The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

3. And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

4. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

5. And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

6. And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:

7. And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

8. Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

9But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

10. And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

11. And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

12. And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

13. And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

14. And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.

15. And God spake unto Noah, saying,

16. Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

17. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

18. And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:

19. Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

20. And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

21. And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

22. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

1. And God remembred Noah, and euery liuing thing, and all the cattell that was with him in the Arke: and God made a winde to passe ouer the earth, and the waters asswaged.

2. The fountaines also of the deepe, and the windowes of heauen were stopped, and the raine from heauen was restrained.

3. And the waters returned from off the earth, continually: and after the end of the hundred and fiftie dayes, the waters were abated.

4. And the Arke rested in the seuenth moneth, on the seuenteenth day of the moneth, vpon the mountaines of Ararat.

5. And the waters decreased continually vntill the tenth moneth: in the tenth moneth, on the first day of the moneth, were the tops of the mountaines seene.

6. And it came to passe at the end of forty dayes, that Noah opened the window of the Arke which he had made.

7. And he sent forth a Rauen, which went foorth to and fro, vntill the waters were dried vp from off the earth.

8. Also hee sent foorth a doue from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.

9. But the doue found no rest for the sole of her foote, and she returned vnto him into the Arke: for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put foorth his hand, and tooke her, and pulled her in vnto him, into the Arke.

10. And hee stayed yet other seuen dayes; and againe hee sent foorth the doue out of the Arke.

11. And the doue came in to him in the euening, and loe, in her mouth was an Oliue leafe pluckt off: So Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

12. And hee stayed yet other seuen dayes, and sent forth the doue, which returned not againe vnto him any more.

13. And it came to passe in the sixe hundredth and one yeere, in the first moneth, the first day of the moneth, the waters were dryed vp from off the earth: and Noah remooued the couering of the Arke, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was drie.

14. And in the second moneth, on the seuen and twentieth day of the moneth, was the earth dried.

15. And God spake vnto Noah, saying,

16. Goe foorth of the Arke, thou, and thy wife, and thy sonnes, and thy sonnes wiues with thee:

17. Bring foorth with thee euery liuing thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowle, and of cattell, and of euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitfull, and multiply vpon the earth.

18. And Noah went foorth, and his sonnes, and his wife, and his sonnes wiues with him:

19. Euery beast, euery creeping thing, and euery fowle, and whatsoeuer creepeth vpon the earth, after their kinds, went foorth out of the Arke.

20. And Noah builded an Altar vnto the LORD, and tooke of euery cleane beast, and of euery cleane fowle, and offred burnt offrings on the Altar.

21. And the LORD smelled a sweete sauour, and the LORD said in his heart, I will not againe curse the ground any more for mans sake; for the imagination of mans heart is euil from his youth: neither will I againe smite any more euery thing liuing, as I haue done.

22. While the earth remaineth, seed-time and haruest, and cold, and heat, and Summer, and Winter, and day and night, shall not cease.

I == Gen 19:29 ; Ex 2:24 ; 14:21 ; 1st Sam 1:19

 

II Gen 7:11 ; Job 38:37

 

 

III == Gen 7:24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VI == Gen 6:16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XVIII == 2nd Peter 2:5

 

 

 

 

 

XX == Lev 11:1-47

 

XXI == Gen 3:17 ; 6:5 , 17 ; Lev 1:9 ; Jer 17:9 ; Ezek 20:41 ; Rom 7:18 ; Phil 4:18

 

 

1 and then God remembered Noah and all the animals, wild and tame, that were with him in the ark. So God made a wind sweep over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

2 The fountains of the abyss and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the downpour from the sky was held back.

3 Gradually the waters receded from the earth. At the end of one hundred and fifty days, the waters had so diminished

4 that, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

5 The waters continued to diminish until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains appeared.

6 At the end of forty days Noah opened the hatch he had made in the ark,

7 and he sent out a raven, to see if the waters had lessened on the earth. It flew back and forth until the waters dried off from the earth.

8 Then he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had lessened on the earth.

9 But the dove could find no place to alight and perch, and it returned to him in the ark, for there was water all over the earth. Putting out his hand, he caught the dove and drew it back to him inside the ark.

10 He waited seven days more and again sent the dove out from the ark.

11 In the evening the dove came back to him, and there in its bill was a plucked-off olive leaf! So Noah knew that the waters had lessened on the earth.

12 He waited still another seven days and then released the dove once more; and this time it did not come back.

13 In the six hundred and first year of Noah's life, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water began to dry up on the earth. Noah then removed the covering of the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was drying up.

14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.

15 Then God said to Noah:

16 "Go out of the ark, together with your wife and your sons and your sons' wives.

17 Bring out with you every living thing that is with you - all bodily creatures, be they birds or animals or creeping things of the earth - and let them abound on the earth, breeding and multiplying on it."

18 So Noah came out, together with his wife and his sons and his sons' wives;

19 and all the animals, wild and tame, all the birds, and all the creeping creatures of the earth left the ark, one kind after another.

20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and choosing from every clean animal and every clean bird, he offered holocausts on the altar.

21 When the LORD smelled the sweet odor, he said to himself: "Never again will I doom the earth because of man, since the desires of man's heart are evil from the start; nor will I ever again strike down all living beings, as I have done.

22 As long as the earth lasts, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, Summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."

v 1. As time went on and food supplies dwindled, there may have been a feeling that God had forgotten them, but He had not. If this was actual wind, it was the first of any amount, because while the vapor canopy was over the earth, there would have been no warm and cold fronts. Volcanic activity may have also contributed to the wind, but it is questionable how wind could have made that much water to disappear. However, this should be translated as spirit. So as the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters, Gen. 1:2, the Spirit now moves upon the face of the flood waters to aid in their rapid removal from the earth. In this rapid drainage from the earth the Grand Canyon and many other canyons were formed, Many rivers, such as the one running along the east side of the Grand Tetons have a major valley floor high above the present valleys. There were more upheavals of land and vast ocean depths created, which appear to have been more shallow before the flood. All the continents have a shelf which indicate perhaps the shore lines before the flood. Evolutionist try to explain these things, but their explanations aren’t near as credible as the flood theory.

 

v 2-14. (v2)The waters of the deep and rain were stopped and restrained. God had more He could have used. (v6) There were 40 days of rain, 7:4, and here 40 days of waiting. Number 40 represents many periods of testing in the Bible. The repeated seven days in chapters 7 and 8 give rise to the thought that Noah sent forth the dove after observing Sabbath worship. A chronology of the flood going back to 7:7 might be as in Gen. 08 Supplement. Some of the dates are stated others calculated. The sense of verse 3 is that the waters were going and returning, action of upheavals of earth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

v15-19. Noah waited till God told him they could leave the ark, then did as told. The animals were to breed abundantly, so in a few years they were thick, but never again to the extent of productivity that was in the green house effect before the flood. Now there would be the ice age and climate changes. Even so, there were still vast numbers of wild animals in our country in the 1800s. Buffalo herds flowed like a river, and my father spoke of so many birds flying north that the sun was darkened at times.

 

 

 

 

 

v 20-22. Noah, as head of the family, voluntarily made an offering to God, the very first thing after leaving the ark. It was an extravagant offering of every clean beast and clean fowl. The sweet smell was not from the smoke of Noah’s fire, but from it’s representation of the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the devotion of Noah’s heart. The Lord knew men’s hearts were evil, “God knows our frame, He remembers that we are dust,” Ps. 103:14. The world would again become corrupt, but He would never again send a world wide flood in judgment. “While the earth remaineth” reminds us that the earth will be destroyed by fire, 2 Pet. 3:10.