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| 1 And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. |
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| 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female: |
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| 3 of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. |
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| 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground. |
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| 5 And Noah did according unto all that Jehovah commanded him. |
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| 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. |
Was 600 years old – Link No. 10 in the true Bible chronology. B43
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| 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. |
Son's wives with him – Noah and his family, with the ark, represent the Church, lifted up above the whole earth during the time of trouble, preserved from the terror of the trouble and afterward coming down from heaven to bless and replenish the earth. R3757:1
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| 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground, |
Of clean beasts – Suitable for human food, such as the cow, sheep, etc. R2843:2
That are not clean – Not suitable for human food, such as the horse and dog. R2843:2
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| 9 there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah. |
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| 10 And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. |
The flood – Noah's day is similar to the present time. R4797:2, R5328:2
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| 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. |
Broken up – The main part of the flood came to the earth from the poles. PD16/25; R3934:2, R3045:1
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| 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. |
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| 13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; |
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| 14 they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every songbird of every sort. |
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| 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life. |
Is the Breath – Ruach, spirit, life-power, as in man. E174, E314
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| 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him: and Jehovah shut him in. |
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| 17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. |
And the flood – Now abundantly corroborated by science. F27
Forty days – A prominent period of time frequently recurring in the Bible. HG102:4[HG102]
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| 18 And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. |
The waters prevailed – The deluge of Noah's day was the last ring or belt surrounding the earth to fall; it was of pure water only. PD3/8
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| 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heavens were covered. |
All the high hills – Perhaps merely in the portion of the earth inhabited by man. R3933:6*
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| 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. |
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| 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: |
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| 22 all which breathed in their nostrils the breath of life, of all that was on the dry land, died. |
The breath of life – Ruach neshamah caiyah, breath of the spirit of life. E314, E319
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| 23 And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark. |
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| 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred fifty days. |
150 days – With Gen. 7:11 & Gen. 8:4, a proof that 3 HG50:2
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