the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Genesis 8:19
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Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by families from the ark.
every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.
Every animal, everything that crawls on the earth, and every bird went out of the boat by families.
Every living creature, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark in their groups.
Every beast, every creeping animal, and every fowl, [and] whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went out of the ark.
Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.
but also alle lyuynge beestis, and werk beestis, and `reptils that crepen on erthe, bi her kynde, yeden out of the schip.
every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl; every creeping thing on the earth, after their families, have gone out from the ark.
Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird-everything that moves upon the earth-came out of the ark, kind by kind.
the living creatures left in groups of their own kind.
every animal, every creeping thing and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.
every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.
And every beast and bird and every living thing of every sort which goes on the earth, went out of the ark.
Euery beast also, and euery worme, euery foule, and whatsoeuer crepeth vpon the earth after their kyndes, went out of the arke.
All the animals, all the creeping things, and all the fowl—everything that moves on the earth, after their kinds, went out of the ark.
All the animals, everything that crawls, and every bird left the boat. All the animals came out of the boat in family groups.
every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families; went forth out of the ark.
Euery beast, euery creeping thing, and euery fowle, and whatsoeuer creepeth vpon the earth, after their kinds, went foorth out of the Arke.
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
Every animal, every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out of the large boat by their families.
And every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out of the ark by families.
All the living creatures, all that move along, and all birds, and all that moveth along over the earth - by their families, came forth out of the ark.
Euery beast, euery creeping thing, and euery foule, all that moueth vpon the earth after their kindes went out of the Arke.
Every beast, every domestic animal, and every fowl, and whatever creeps upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
All the animals and birds went out of the boat in groups of their own kind.
And all living things, and cattle, and creeping things that creep upon the earth, according to their kinds went out of the ark.
And every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves upon the earth, went forth by families out of the ark.
And all the wild beasts and all the cattle and every bird, and every reptile creeping upon the earth after their kind, came forth out of the ark.
every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.
All the animals, all the creatures that crawl, and all the flying creatures—everything that moves on the earth—came out of the ark by their families.
Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the eretz, after their families, went forth out of the teivah.
Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, and everything that moves upon the earth, according to its families, went out from the ark.
every animal, every creeping thing, and every fowl; all which creeps on the earth. They went forth out of the ark according to their families.
All the beastes also and all the wormes, and all the foules, and all that crepte vpon the earth, wente out of the Arke, euery one vnto his like.
Every animal, every crawling thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from the ark.
Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.
And all of the large and small animals and birds came out of the boat, pair by pair.
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from the ark.
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from the ark.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
kinds: Heb. families, Genesis 8:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:21 - great Genesis 1:24 - Let
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, [and] whatsoever creepeth upon the earth,.... All went out, not one was left, and they went out
after their kind; not in a confused disorderly manner, mixing with one another; but as they went in by pairs, male and female of every sort, so they came forth in like manner, or, "according to their families" c; by which it seems as if the creatures did breed in the ark, and had their families of young ones; and which is the sense of some in Aben Ezra, and he himself thinks it not foreign, though he interprets it as we do, and as the Greek version does, "after their kind": thus they
went forth out of the ark; everyone with his mate, in order to procreate and multiply upon the earth.
c ××שפ×ת××× "juxta familias suas", Tigurine version, Pagninus, Montanus, &c.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
- XXVII. The Ark Was Evacuated
19. ×ש×פ×× mıÌshpaÌchah, âkind, clan, family.â ש×פ×× shıÌpchaÌh, âmaid-servant; related: spread.â
20. ×××× mıÌzbeÌach, âaltar; related: slay animals, sacrifice.â
21. ×¢×× 'olaÌh, âwhole burnt-offering.â That which goes up. âStep; related: go up.â
Genesis 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. âThe fowl, the cattle, and the creeper.â Here, again, these three classes are specified under the general head of every living tiring. They are again to multiply on the earth. âEvery living thing.â This evidently takes the place of the cattle mentioned before. âAfter their families.â This word denotes their tribes. It is usually applied to families or clans.
Genesis 8:20-22
The offering of Noah accepted. The return to the dry land, through the special mercy of God to Noah and his house, is celebrated by an offering of thanksgiving and faith. âBuilded an altar.â This is the first mention of the altar, or structure for the purpose of sacrifice. The Lord is now on high, having swept away the garden, and withdrawn his visible presence at the same time from the earth. The altar is therefore erected to point toward his dwelling-place on high. âUnto the Lord.â The personal name of God is especially appropriate here, as he has proved himself a covenant keeper and a deliverer to Noah. âOf all clean cattle, and every clean fowl.â The mention of clean birds renders it probable that these only were taken into the ark by seven pairs Genesis 7:3. Every fit animal is included in this sacrifice, as it is expressive of thanksgiving for a complete deliverance. We have also here the first mention of the burnt-offering ×¢×× 'olaÌh; the whole victim, except the skin, being burned on the altar. Sacrifice is an act in which the transgressor slays an animal and offers it in whole, or in part as representative of the whole, to God. In this act he acknowledges his guilt, the claim of the offended law upon his life, and the mercy of the Lord in accepting a substitute to satisfy this claim for the returning penitent. He at the same time actually accepts the mercy of the Most High, and comes forward to plead it in the appointed way of reconciliation. The burnt-offering is the most perfect symbol of this substitution, and most befitting the present occasion, when life has been granted to the inmates of the ark amidst the universal death.
Genesis 8:21
The effect of this plea is here described. The Lord smelled the sweet savor. He accepted the typical substitute, and, on account of the sacrifice, the offerers, the surviving ancestors of the post-diluvian race. Thus, the re-entrance of the remnant of mankind upon the joys and tasks of life is inaugurated by an articulate confession of sin, a well-understood foreshadowing of the coming victim for human guilt, and a gracious acceptance of this act of faith. âThe Lord said in his heart.â It is the inward resolve of his will. The purpose of mercy is then expressed in a definite form, suited to the present circumstances of the delivered family. âI will not again curse the soil any more on account of man.â This seems at first sight to imply a mitigation of the hardship and toil which man was to experience in cultivating the ground Genesis 3:17. At all events, this very toil is turned into a blessing to him who returns from his sin and guilt, to accept the mercy, and live to the glory of his Maker and Saviour. But the main reference of the passage is doubtless to the curse of a deluge such as what was now past. This will not be renewed. âBecause the imagination of his heart is evil from his youth.â This is the reason for the past judgment, the curse upon the soil: not for the present promise of a respite for the future. Accordingly, it is to be taken in close connection with the cursing of the soil, of which it assigns the judicial cause. It is explanatory of the preceding phrase, on account of man. The reason for the promise of escape from the fear of a deluge for the future is the sacrifice of Noah, the priest and representative of the race, with which the Lord is well pleased. The closing sentence of this verse is a reiteration in a more explicit form of the same promise. âNeither will I again smite all living as I have done.â There will be no repetition of the deluge that had just overswept the land and destroyed the inhabitants.
Genesis 8:22
Henceforth all the days of the earth. - After these negative assurances come the positive blessings to be permanently enjoyed while the present constitution of the earth continues. These are summed up in the following terms:
| HEAT | Sowing, beginning in October |
| | Reaping, ending in June |
| COLD | Early fruit, in July |
| | Fruit harvest, ending in September |
The cold properly occupies the interval between sowing and reaping, or the months of January and February. From July to September is the period of heat. In Palestine, the seedtime began in October or November, when the wheat was sown. Barley was not generally sown until January. The grain harvest began early in May, and continued in June. The early fruits, such as grapes and figs, made their appearance in July and August; the full ingathering, in September and October. But the passage before us is not limited to the seasons of any particular country. Besides the seasons, it guarantees the continuance of the agreeable vicissitudes of day and night. It is probable that even these could not be distinguished during part of the deluge of waters. At all events, they did not present any sensible change when darkness reigned over the primeval abyss.
The term of this continuance is here defined. It is to last as long as the order of things introduced by the six daysâ creation endures. This order is not to be sempiternal. When the race of man has been filled up, it is here hinted that the present system of nature on the earth may be expected to give place to another and a higher order of things.
Here it is proper to observe the mode of Scripture in the promise of blessing. In the infancy of mankind, when the eye gazed on the present, and did not penetrate into the future, the Lord promised the immediate and the sensible blessings of life, because these alone are as yet intelligible to the childlike race, and they are, at the same time, the immediate earnest of endless blessings. As the mind developes, and the observable universe becomes more fully comprehended, these present and sensible sources of creature happiness correspondingly expand, and higher and more ethereal blessings begin to dawn upon the mind. When the prospect of death opens to the believer a new and hitherto unknown world of reality, then the temporal and corporeal give way to the eternal and spiritual. And as with the individual, so is it with the race. The present boon is the earnest in hand, fully satisfying the existing aspirations of the infantile desire. But it is soon found that the present is always the bud of the future; and as the volume of promise is unrolled, piece by piece, before the eye of the growing race, while the present and the sensible lose nothing of their intrinsic value, the opening glories of intellectual and spiritual enjoyment add an indescribable zest to the blessedness of a perpetuated life. Let not us, then, who flow in the full tide of the latter day, despise the rudiment of blessing in the first form in which it was conferred on Noah and his descendants; but rather remember that is not the whole content of the divine good-will, but only the present shape of an ever-expanding felicity, which is limited neither by time nor sense.
