PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Genesis
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 265,871 words · 567 reading sections
Genesis 5:6
Genesis 5:6 Ver. 6. And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos. Not that this was his firstborn, no doubt but he had other children before this time; but this is only mentioned, because it carried the lineage and descent directly from Adam to Noah, the father of the new world, and from whom the Messiah w…
82 wordsSECTION 62Genesis 5:7
Genesis 5:7 Ver. 7. And Seth lived, after he begat Enos, eight hundred and seven years,.... The Septuagint version makes the same mistake in the numbers of Seth as of Adam, giving him two hundred and five years before the birth of Enos, and but seven hundred and seven years after: and begat sons and daughters; very p…
72 wordsSECTION 63Genesis 5:8
Genesis 5:8 Ver. 8. And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died. As his father Adam before him. Seth, according to Josephus {l}, was a very good man, and brought up his children well, who trod in his steps, and who studied the nature of the heavenly bodies; and that the knowledge of these …
307 wordsSECTION 64Genesis 5:9
Genesis 5:9 Ver. 9. And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan. According to the Septuagint a hundred and ninety years; it can hardly be thought but that he had sons or daughters before, but this is only taken notice of for a reason before given.…
47 wordsSECTION 65Genesis 5:10
Genesis 5:10 Ver. 10. And Enos lived, after he begat Cainan, eight hundred and fifteen years,.... The Septuagint version is seven hundred and fifteen; the hundred which is wanting is to be supplied from the preceding verse, which in that version has an hundred too much: and begat sons and daughters; others besides En…
64 wordsSECTION 66Genesis 5:11
Genesis 5:11 Ver. 11. And all the days or Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died. According to the Arabic writers {n}, this man was a very good man, governed his people well, and instructed them in the ways of righteousness, and the fear of God; and when his end drew nigh, his offspring gathered about him …
135 wordsSECTION 67Genesis 5:12
Genesis 5:12 Ver. 12. And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel. Here the Septuagint version adds an hundred years, as before.…
23 wordsSECTION 68Genesis 5:13
Genesis 5:13 Ver. 13. And Cainan lived, after he begat Mahalaleel, eight hundred and forty years,.... The Septuagint has seven hundred and forty, which, added to the years given him before, makes the same sum: and begat sons and daughters; as his progenitors did.…
45 wordsSECTION 69Genesis 5:14
Genesis 5:14 Ver. 14. And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died. The Arabic writers {o} also commend him as a good ruler of his people; and at his death he charged them not to desert the holy mountain, and join themselves with Cain's posterity; and having appointed Mahalaleel, who they sa…
118 wordsSECTION 70Genesis 5:15
Genesis 5:15 Ver. 15. And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared. A hundred and sixty, according to the Septuagint version.…
24 wordsSECTION 71Genesis 5:16
Genesis 5:16 Ver. 16. And Mahalaleel lived, after he begat Jared, eight hundred and thirty years,.... Seven hundred and thirty, as the above version, still making the same mistake: and he begat sons and daughters; how many cannot be said.…
41 wordsSECTION 72Genesis 5:17
Genesis 5:17 Ver. 17. And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years, and he died. He also is spoken well of by the Arabic writers {p} as a good governor, a pious man that walked in the way of righteousness; and when he died blessed his children, and adjured them by the blood of Abel, not to s…
93 wordsSECTION 73Genesis 5:18
Genesis 5:18 Ver. 18. And Jared lived an hundred and sixty two years, and he begat Enoch. Here the Septuagint agrees with the Hebrew text, and the Samaritan version differs, reading only sixty two; but this can hardly be thought to be his first son at such an age.…
50 wordsSECTION 74Genesis 5:19
Genesis 5:19 Ver. 19. And Jared lived, after he begat Enoch, eight hundred years,.... And so, the Greek version, but the Samaritan is seven hundred and eighty five: and begat sons and daughters; in that time, as well as before; for it is not to be imagined in this, or either of the foregoing or following instances, t…
80 wordsSECTION 75Genesis 5:20
Genesis 5:20 Ver. 20. And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years, and he died. The name of this patriarch signifies "descending"; and, according to the Arabic writers {q}, he had his name from the posterity of Seth, descending from the holy mountain in his time; for upon a noise being heard on the…
208 wordsSECTION 76Genesis 5:21
Genesis 5:21 Ver. 21. And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah. Here the Septuagint version adds again an hundred years; and that Enoch had a son, whose name was Methuselah, is affirmed by Eupolemus {r}, an Heathen writer; and Enoch being a prophet gave him this name under a spirit of prophecy, foret…
112 wordsSECTION 77Genesis 5:22
Genesis 5:22 Ver. 22. And Enoch walked with God, after he begat Methuselah, three hundred years,.... The Greek version is two hundred. He had walked with God undoubtedly before, but perhaps after this time more closely and constantly: and this is observed to denote, that he continued so to do all the days of his life,…
204 wordsSECTION 78Genesis 5:23
Genesis 5:23 Ver. 23. And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty five years. A year of years, living as many years as there are days in a year; not half the age of the rest of the patriarchs: our poet {t} calls him one of middle age; though his being taken away in the midst of his days was not a token of d…
87 wordsSECTION 79Genesis 5:24
Genesis 5:24 Ver. 24. And Enoch walked with God,.... Which is repeated both for the confirmation of it, and for the singularity of it in that corrupt age; and to cause attention to it, and stir up others to imitate him in it, as well as to express the well pleasedness of God therein; for so it is interpreted, "he had …
68 wordsSECTION 80Heb 11:5
Heb 11:5 and he was not; not that he was dead, or in the state of the dead, as Aben Ezra and Jarchi interpret the phrase following, for God took him, out of the world by death, according to 1Ki 19:4 "for he was translated, that he should not see death", Heb 11:5 nor was he annihilated, or reduced to nothing, "for God…
361 wordsSECTION 81Genesis 5:25
Genesis 5:25 Ver. 25. And Methuselah lived an hundred and eighty and seven years, and beget Lamech. The Septuagint version is an hundred and sixty seven; the Samaritan only sixty seven; the same names were given to some of the posterity of Seth as were to those of Cain, as Lamech here, and Enoch before.…
56 wordsSECTION 82Genesis 5:26
Genesis 5:26 Ver. 26. And Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred eighty and two years,.... The Greek version is eight hundred and two years, and so makes the sum total of his life the same; but the Samaritan version only six hundred and fifty three, and so makes his whole life but seven hundred and twe…
108 wordsSECTION 83Genesis 5:27
Genesis 5:27 Ver. 27. And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty nine years, and he died,.... This was the oldest man that ever lived, no man ever lived to a thousand years: the Jews give this as a reason for it, because a thousand years is God's day, according to Ps 90:4 and no man is suffered to arri…
291 wordsSECTION 84Genesis 5:28
Genesis 5:28 Ver. 28. And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat son. According to the Septuagint version he was an hundred and eighty eight years old; but according to the Samaritan version only fifty three; the name, of his son, begotten by him, is given in the next verse, with the reason of it.…
59 wordsSECTION 85Genesis 5:29
Genesis 5:29 Ver. 29. And he called his name Noah,.... Which signifies rest and comfort; for rest gives comfort, and comfort flows from rest, see 2Sa 14:17, where a word from the same root is rendered "comfortable", and agrees with the reason of the name, as follows: saying, this same shall comfort us, concerning our…
549 wordsSECTION 86Genesis 5:30
Genesis 5:30 Ver. 30. And Lamech lived, after he begat Noah, five hundred ninety and five years,.... The Septuagint version is five hundred and sixty five; and the Samaritan version six hundred: and begat sons and daughters; of which we have no account.…
44 wordsSECTION 87Genesis 5:31
Genesis 5:31 Ver. 31. And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years, and he died. According to the Greek version, he lived but seven hundred and fifty three; and according to the Samaritan version, only six hundred and fifty three: but it is best and safest in these, and all the above numbers, …
212 wordsSECTION 88Genesis 5:32
Genesis 5:32 Ver. 32. And Noah was five hundred years old,.... Or "the son of five hundred years" {f}; he was in his five hundredth year: it can hardly be thought that he should live to this time a single life, and have no children born to him, which he might have had, but were dead; though some think it was so ordere…
331 wordsSECTION 89Genesis 6:1
Genesis 6:1 INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 6 This chapter gives an account of the wickedness of the old world, both among the profane and the professors of religion, which was taken notice of and resented by God, upon which he determined the destruction of it, Ge 6:1 only one man, Noah, is excepted, who found favour with Go…
314 wordsSECTION 90Genesis 6:2
Genesis 6:2 Ver. 2. That the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were fair,.... Or "good" {k}, not in a moral but natural sense; goodly to look upon, of a beautiful aspect; and they looked upon, and only regarded their external beauty, and lusted after them: those "sons of God" were not angels either good …
657 wordsSECTION 91Genesis 6:3
Genesis 6:3 Ver. 3. And the Lord said,.... Not to Noah, as in Ge 6:13 for, as yet, he is not taken notice of, or any discourse addressed to him; but rather to or within himself, he said what follows, or thus concluded, and resolved on in his own mind: my Spirit shall not always strive with man; meaning either the sou…
533 wordsSECTION 92Genesis 6:4
Genesis 6:4 Ver. 4. There were giants in the earth in those days,.... That is, in the days before the sons of God took the daughters of men for wives, in such a general manner as before declared, or before the declension and apostasy became so universal; even in the times of Jared, as the Arabic writers {n} understand…
578 wordsSECTION 93Genesis 6:5
Genesis 6:5 Ver. 5. And God saw the wickedness of man was great in the earth,.... That it spread throughout the earth, wherever it was inhabited by men, both among the posterity of Cain and Seth, and who indeed now were mixed together, and become one people: this respects actual transgressions, the wicked actions of m…
536 wordsSECTION 94Genesis 6:6
Genesis 6:6 Ver. 6. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth,.... Because of the wickedness of man, the wickedness of his heart, and the wickedness of his life and conversation, which was so general, and increased to such a degree, that it was intolerable; wherefore God could have wished, as it were,…
260 wordsSECTION 95Genesis 6:7
Genesis 6:7 Ver. 7. And the Lord said,.... Not to the angels, nor to Noah, but within himself, on observing to what a height the sin of man had got, and what a spread it made on the earth: I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth; though he is my creature, the work of my hands, I have made …
544 wordsSECTION 96Genesis 6:8
Genesis 6:8 Ver. 8. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. This man and his family were the only exception to the general apostasy; God always reserves some, in the worst of times, for himself; there is a remnant, according to the election of grace; it was but a small one, and that now appeared; and this was ow…
338 wordsSECTION 97Genesis 6:9
Genesis 6:9 Ver. 9. These are the generations of Noah,.... Or this is the account of his posterity, of the persons that were generated by him, that sprung from him, and peopled the earth after the flood, who are mentioned in the next verse, what follows being to be put in a parenthesis; as the genealogy of Adam is car…
450 wordsSECTION 98Genesis 6:10
Genesis 6:10 Ver. 10. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. When he was five hundred years of age, and before the flood came upon the earth; and when it was so wicked as is next described: of these sons of his, and of the order in which they are placed, See Gill on "Ge 5:32".…
60 wordsSECTION 99Genesis 6:11
Genesis 6:11 Ver. 11. The earth also was corrupt before God,.... That is, the inhabitants of the earth were corrupt in their lives and conversations; they were corrupt both in principle and practice, and did abominable things; and those corruptions were, according to Jarchi, uncleanness and idolatry; they were corrupt…
232 wordsSECTION 100Genesis 6:12
Genesis 6:12 Ver. 12. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt,.... This is spoken as if he had never looked upon it before; whereas his eyes are always upon the earth, and the inhabitants of it, and upon all their ways and works: but this denotes the special notice he took, and the particular observ…
396 wordsSECTION 101Genesis 6:13
Genesis 6:13 Ver. 13. And God said unto Noah,.... This is a proof that he found favour in his eyes, since he spake to him, and told him what he had observed, and what he was determined to do, and gave him directions to make an ark for the security of himself and family, when he should destroy the world: the end of al…
261 wordsSECTION 102Genesis 6:14
Genesis 6:14 Ver. 14. Make thee an ark of Gopher wood,.... It is not called a ship, for it was not made for sailing to any distant parts, but an ark or chest, being like one, flat bottomed, and ridged and sloping upwards, and was made for floating on the waters for a little way. So Lucian {c}, and other Heathen writer…
735 wordsSECTION 103Genesis 6:15
Genesis 6:15 Ver. 15. And this [is the fashion] which thou shall make it of,.... The form and size of it, its length, breadth, and height, as follows: the length of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits; which some interpret of geometrical cubits, …
384 wordsSECTION 104Genesis 6:16
Genesis 6:16 Ver. 16. A window shalt thou make to the ark,.... Or a "light", such as is that at noon, for which the word in the dual number is used; and therefore Junius and Tremellius translate it a "clear light". The Jewish writers {s} will have it to be a precious stone, a pearl which Noah fetched from the river Pi…
3,187 wordsSECTION 105Genesis 7:1
Genesis 7:1 INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 7 This chapter begins with an order to Noah to come with his family and all the creatures into the ark, that they might be safe from the flood, which would quickly be upon the earth, Ge 7:1 and then gives an account of Noah's obedience to the divine command in every particular, Ge …
411 wordsSECTION 106Genesis 7:2
Genesis 7:2 Ver. 2. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens,.... From hence it appears, that the distinction of clean and unclean beasts, at least for sacrifice, if not for food, was known before the flood, and so before the law of Moses; though some think this is said by anticipation, and as providing …
348 wordsSECTION 107Genesis 7:3
Genesis 7:3 Ver. 3. Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and his female,.... That is, of such as were clean; seven couple of these were to be brought into the ark, for the like use as of the clean beasts, and those under the law; and so at this time, and here meant were turtledoves, and young pigeons that were…
110 wordsSECTION 108Genesis 7:4
Genesis 7:4 Ver. 4. For yet seven days,.... Or one week more, after the above orders were given, which, the Jews say, were for the mourning at Methuselah's death; others, that they were an additional space to the one hundred and twenty given to the old world for repentance; in which time some might truly repent, findi…
224 wordsSECTION 109Genesis 7:5
Genesis 7:5 Ver. 5. And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him,.... He prepared for his entrance into the ark, and all the creatures with him; got everything ready for them, the rooms for their habitation, and food for their sustenance.…
45 wordsSECTION 110Genesis 7:6
Genesis 7:6 Ver. 6. And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth,.... When it began, for he was in his six hundred and first year when it ended, Ge 8:13 his eldest son was now an hundred years old, since when Noah was five hundred years old he begat children, Ge 5:32.…
63 wordsSECTION 111Genesis 7:7
Genesis 7:7 Ver. 7. And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark,.... Within the space of the seven days, between the command of God to go into it, and the coming of the flood; or rather on the seventh day, on which it began to rain; when he saw it was coming on, see Ge 7:11…
139 wordsSECTION 112Genesis 7:8
Genesis 7:8 Ver. 8. Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean,.... Seven couple of the one, and a couple of the other: and of fowls, clean and unclean, also a like number: and of everything that creepeth upon the earth; and upon that only, not in the water, for these had no need of the ark, they could live i…
66 wordsSECTION 113Genesis 7:9
Genesis 7:9 Ver. 9. There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark,.... Of themselves, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra, being impressed with an instinct from God so to do; or by the ministry of angels, as observed See Gill on "Ge 6:20" there were two of a sort, and some think four: the male and the female; and of some seve…
103 wordsSECTION 114Genesis 7:10
Genesis 7:10 Ver. 10. And it came to pass after seven days,.... Were ended, or on the seventh day, after God had given the orders to Noah, to prepare for his going into the ark, with his family, and all the creatures: that the waters of the flood were upon the earth: that is, they began to be upon the earth; for it c…
94 wordsSECTION 115Genesis 7:11
Genesis 7:11 Ver. 11. In the six hundredth year of Noah's life,.... Not complete, but current, for otherwise Noah would have lived after the flood three hundred and fifty one years, whereas he lived but three hundred and fifty; Ge 9:28 in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month: as the Jews had two ways of…
1,357 wordsSECTION 116Genesis 7:12
Genesis 7:12 Ver. 12. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights,.... So long it was falling upon it, after the windows of heaven were opened. Aben Ezra would have it, that all things were in such confusion, during the flood, that there was no difference between day and night, since, it is said, "day …
103 wordsSECTION 117Genesis 7:13
Genesis 7:13 Ver. 13. In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah,.... That is, on the seventeenth day of the second month; See Gill on "Ge 7:11" the names of Noah and his three sons are expressed, but not the names of his wife, and of the wives of his sons; they are only describ…
384 wordsSECTION 118Genesis 7:14
Genesis 7:14 Ver. 14. They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind,.... They, Noah and his family, went into the ark; as did all sorts of beasts and cattle, reckoned one hundred and thirty sorts, by some one hundred and fifty, including serpents: and every creeping thing that creepeth upo…
154 wordsSECTION 119Genesis 7:15
Genesis 7:15 Ver. 15. And they went in unto Noah into the ark,.... Noah went in first, and the creatures of themselves came to him, or were conducted by the ministry of angels; and they were delivered into his hands, and he placed them in the ark as was most convenient for them: it is very likely he went in and out as…
132 wordsSECTION 120Genesis 7:16
Genesis 7:16 Ver. 16. And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh,.... These pairs were not two males or two females, but one male and one female; so they were coupled for the propagation of their species, which was the end of their entering into the ark, and being preserved: as God had commanded him:…
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