the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Genesis 8:14
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In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth had dried out.
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the land was completely dry.
And by the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was dry.
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
In the secunde monethe, in the seuene and twentithe dai of the monethe, the erthe was maad drie.
And in the second month, in the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth hath become dry.
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry.
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was completely dry.
It was on the twenty-seventh day of the second month that the earth was dry.
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.
And on the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was dry.
And in the seconde moneth, in the seuen and twentie day of the moneth was the earth dryed.
And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
By the 27th day of the second month, the ground was completely dry.
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.
And in the second moneth, on the seuen and twentieth day of the moneth, was the earth dried.
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the ground was dry.
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, was the earth dry.
And in the second moneth, in the seuen & twentieth day of the moneth was the earth drie.
And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was completely dry.
In the second month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth was dried.
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
And in the second month the earth was dried, on the twenty-seventh day of the month.
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry.
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was dry.
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the eretz was dry.
And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
And in the second month, on the twenty seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
So vpon the seuen and twentye daye of the seconde moneth the whole earth was drye.
And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried.
Two more months went by, and at last the earth was dry!
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13, Genesis 7:14, from this, it appears, that Noah was in the ark a complete solar year, or 365 days; for he entered it on the 17th day of the 2nd month, in the 600th year of his life, and continued in it till the 27th day of the 2nd month, in the 601st year of his life, as we see above.
Cross-References
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep [subterranean waters] burst open, and the windows and floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Now in the six hundred and first year [of Noah's life], on the first day of the first month, the waters were drying up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and the surface of the ground was drying.
On the twenty-seventh day of the second month the land was [entirely] dry.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month,.... This was the month Marchesvan, as the Targum of Jonathan, which answers to part of our October, and part of our November; though according to Bishop Usher y, this day was Friday the eighteenth of December, A. M. 1657; it was on the seventeenth of this month that Noah went into the ark, Genesis 7:11 so that be was in it twelve months and ten days, according to a solar year; but if the reckoning is made according to Jewish months, six of which consisted of thirty days, and six of twenty nine only, then the twelve months made but three hundred and fifty four days, add to which eleven days to the twenty seventh, fully ended, it makes three hundred and sixty five days; so that he was in the ark just a full year, according to the course of the sun; but it seems very plain that the months here reckoned consisted of thirty days, since the one hundred and fifty, days when the waters abated are reckoned, from the seventeenth day of the second month, to the seventeenth day of the seventh month; which make exactly five months, and allow thirty days to a month: and at this time, when Noah had waited almost two months, after he had removed the covering of the ark,
was the earth dried; so that it was fit to walk upon, and was become commodious both for man and beast: a different word from that in the preceding verse is here used for "dry", this being a different kind, or, however, a greater degree of dryness than the other.
y Ut supra. (Annales Vet. Test. p. 4.)
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
- The Land Was Dried
1. שׁכך shākak “stoop, assuage.”
3. חסר chāsar “want, fail, be abated.”
4. אררט 'ărārāṭ, “Ararat,” a land forming part of Armenia. It is mentioned in 2 Kings 19:37, and Isaiah 37:38, as the retreat of Adrammelek and Sharezer after the murder of their father; and in Jeremiah 51:27 as a kingdom.
8. קלל qālal, “be light, lightened, lightly esteemed, swift.”
10. חוּל chûl, “twist, turn, dance, writhe, tremble, be strong, wait.” יהל yāchal “remain, wait, hope.”
13. חרב chāreb, “be drained, desolated, amazed.”
Genesis 8:1-3
The waters commence their retreat. “And God remembered Noah.” He is said to remember him when he takes any step to deliver him from the waters. The several steps to this end are enumerated.
A wind. - This would promote evaporation, and otherwise aid the retreat of the waters. “The fountains of the deep and the windows of the skies were shut.” The incessant and violent showers had continued for six weeks. It is probable the weather remained turbid and moist for some time longer. In the sixth month, however, the rain probably ceased altogether. Some time before this, the depressing of the ground had reached its lowest point, and the upheaving had set in. This is the main cause of the reflux of the waters. All this is described, as we perceive, according to appearance. It is probable that the former configuration of the surface was not exactly restored. At all events it is not necessary, as the ark may have drifted a considerable space in a hundred and fifty days. Some of the old ground on which primeval man had trodden may have become a permanent water bed, and a like amount of new land may have risen to the light in another place. Hence, it is vain to seek for a spot retaining the precise conditions of the primitive Eden. The Euphrates and Tigris may substantially remain, but the Pishon and Gihon may have considerably changed. The Black Sea, the Caspian, the lakes Van and Urumiah may cover portions of the Adamic land. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the prevalence of the waters begins to turn into a positive retreat.
Genesis 8:4-5
The ark rested. - It is stranded on some hill in Ararat. This country forms part of Armenia. As the drying wind most probably came from the east or north, it is likely that the ark was drifted toward Asia Minor, and caught land on some hill in the reaches of the Euphrates. It cannot be supposed that it rested on either of the peaks now called Ararat, as Ararat was a country, not a mountain, and these peaks do not seem suitable for the purpose. The seventh month began usually with the new moon nearest the vernal equinox, or the 21st of March. “The tenth month.” The waters ceased to prevail on the first of the ninth month. The ark, though grounded six weeks before, was still deep in the waters. The tops of the hills began to appear a month after. The subsiding of the waters seems to have been very slow.
Genesis 8:6-12
The raven and the dove are sent out to bring tidings of the external world. “Forty days.” Before Noah made any experiment he seems to have allowed the lapse of forty days to undo the remaining effect of the forty days’ rain. “The window.” He seems to have been unable to take any definite observations through the aperture here called a window. The raven found carrion in abundance, floated probably on the waters, and did not need to return. This was such a token of the state of things as Noah might expect from such a messenger. He next sends the dove, who returns to him. “Yet other seven days.” This intimates that he stayed seven days also after the raven was sent out. The olive leaf plucked off was a sign of returning safety to the land. It is said by Theophrastus (Hist. Plant. 4, 7) and Pliny (H. N. 13, 50) that the olive strikes leaves even under water. From this event, the olive branch became the symbol of peace, and the dove the emblem of the Comforter, the messenger of peace. After seven other days, the dove being despatched, returns no more. The number seven figures very conspicuously in this narrative. Seven days before the showers commence the command to enter the ark is given; and at intervals of seven days the winged messengers are sent out. These intervals point evidently to the period of seven days, determined by the six days of creation and the seventh day of rest. The clean beasts also and the birds are admitted into the ark by seven pairs. This points to the sacredness associated with the number arising from the hallowed character of the seventh day. The number forty also, the product of four, the number of the world or universe, and ten the number of completeness, begins here to be employed for a complete period in which a process will have run its course.
Genesis 8:13-14
Noah delays apparently another month, and, on the first day of the new year, ventures to remove the covering of the ark and look around. The date of the complete drying of the land is then given. The interval from the entrance to the exit consists of the following periods:
| Rain continued | 40 days |
| Waters prevailed | 150 days |
| Waters subside | 99 days |
| Noah delays | 40 days |
| Sending of the raven and the dove | 20 days |
| Another month | 29 days |
| Interval until the 27th of the 2nd month | 57 days |
| Sum-total of days | 365 days |
Hence, it appears that the interval was a lunar year of three hundred and fifty-six days nearly, and ten days; that is, as nearly as possible, a solar year. This passage is important on account of the divisions of time which it brings out at this early epoch. The week of seven days is plainly intimated. The lunar month and year are evidently known. It is remarkable that the ten additional days bring up the lunar year in whole numbers to the solar. It seems a tacit agreement with the real order of nature. According to the Hebrew text, the deluge commenced in the 1656th year of the race of man. According to all texts it occurred in the time of Noah, the ninth in descent from Adam.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Genesis 8:14. And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day — From this it appears that Noah was in the ark a complete solar year, or three hundred and sixty-five days; for he entered the ark the 17th day of the second month, in the six hundredth year of his life, Genesis 7:11; Genesis 7:13, and continued in it till the 27th day of the second month, in the six hundredth and first year of his life, as we see above. The months of the ancient Hebrews were lunar; the first six consisted of thirty days each, the latter six of twenty-nine; the whole twelve months making three hundred and fifty-four days: add to this eleven days, (for though he entered the ark the preceding year on the seventeenth day of the second month, he did not come out till the twenty-seventh of the same month in the following year,) which make exactly three hundred and sixty-five days, the period of a complete solar revolution; the odd hours and minutes, as being fractions of time, noncomputed, though very likely all included in the account. This year, according to the Hebrew computation, was the one thousand six hundred and fifty-seventh year from the creation; but according to the reckoning of the Septuagint it was the two thousand two hundred and forty-second, and according to Dr. Hales, the two thousand two hundred and fifty-sixth. Genesis 11:12.
