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The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 5:21
The dedicated and initiated child grew up, like an Old Testament Timothy let us hope, to possess, illustrate, and proclaim the piety which was the distinguishing characteristic of the holy line. At the comparatively ear…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 5:22-24
Enoch. I. The CHARACTER of his piety. 1. Walking with God. 2. Witnessing for God. II. The EXCELLENCE of his piety. 1. It began in early boyhood. 2. It flourished in evil times. 3. It grew in spite of scanty privileges.…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 5:24
A great example and a great reward. Notice the three distinctions in this patriarchal prophet. I. HIS distinguished PIETY—walking with God; faith giving him knowledge, confidence in God, enjoyment of God. II. HIS compar…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 5:24
Walking with God. Whole chapter a reproof of the restless ambitions of men. Of these long lives the only record is a name, and the fact, "he died." Moral of the whole, "Dust thou art" (cf. 1 Corinthians 15:50). Yet a li…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:25-32
Methuselah signifies, ‘he dies, there is a dart,’ ‘a sending forth,’ namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 969 years, the longest that any man ever lived on earth; but the longest liv…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:25-27
Concerning Methuselah observe, 1. The signification of his name, which some think was prophetical, his father Enoch being a prophet. Methuselah signifies, he dies, or there is a dart, or, a sending forth, namely, of the…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 5:25-32
The shortest life was followed by the longest, Methuselah begetting, at the advanced age of 187, Lamech,—strong or young man (Gesenius); overthrower, wild man (Furst); man of, prayer (Murphy),—continuing after his son's…
Account of Noah. (b. c. 2448.)
ACCOUNT OF NOAH. (B. C. 2448.) Here we have the first mention of Noah, of whom we shall read much in the following chapters. Observe, I. His name, with the reason of it: Noah signifies rest; his parents gave him that na…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 5:32
And Noah was five hundred years old. Literally, a son of 500 years, i.e. going in his 500th year (cf. Genesis 7:6; Genesis 16:1). The son of a year (Exodus 12:5) means "strictly within the first year of the life" (Ainsw…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:1-7
The most remarkable thing concerning the old world, is the destroying of it by the deluge, or flood. We are told of the abounding iniquity of that wicked world: God's just wrath, and his holy resolution to punish it. In…
Depravity of the World. (b. c. 2469.)
DEPRAVITY OF THE WORLD. (B. C. 2469.) For the glory of God's justice, and for warning to a wicked world, before the history of the ruin of the old world, we have a full account of its degeneracy, its apostasy from God a…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:3
This comes in here as a token of God's displeasure at those who married strange wives; he threatens to withdraw from them his Spirit, whom they had grieved by such marriages, contrary to their convictions: fleshly lusts…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:4-5
We have here a further account of the corruption of the old world. When the sons of God had matched with the daughters of men, though it was very displeasing to God, yet he did not immediately cut them off, but waited t…
Mankind Threatened with Destruction. (b. c. 2469.)
MANKIND THREATENED WITH DESTRUCTION. (B. C. 2469.) Here is, I. God's resentment of man's wickedness. He did not see it as an unconcerned spectator, but as one injured and affronted by it; he saw it as a tender father se…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:8-11
Noah did not find favour in the eyes of men; they hated and persecuted him, because both by his life and preaching he condemned the world: but he found grace in the eyes of the Lord, and this made him more truly honoura…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:8-10
We have here Noah distinguished from the rest of the world, and a peculiar mark of honour put upon him. 1. When God was displeased with the rest of the world, he favoured Noah: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lo…
Depravity of the World. (b. c. 2448.)
DEPRAVITY OF THE WORLD. (B. C. 2448.) The wickedness of that generation is here again spoken of, either as a foil to Noah's piety—he was just and perfect, when all the earth was corrupt; or as a further justification of…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:12-21
God told Noah his purpose to destroy the wicked world by water. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, Ps 25:14. It is with all believers, enabling them to understand and apply the declarations and warnings…
Prediction of the Deluge. (b. c. 2448.)
PREDICTION OF THE DELUGE. (B. C. 2448.) Here it appears indeed that Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. God's favour to him was plainly intimated in what he said of him, Genesis 6:8-10, where his name is mentioned…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:22
Noah's faith triumphed over all corrupt reasonings. To rear so large a building, such a one as he never saw, and to provide food for the living creatures, would require from him a great deal of care, and labour, and exp…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:22
Noah's care and diligence in building the ark may be considered, 1. As an effect of his faith in the word of God. God had told him he would shortly drown the world; he believed it, feared the threatened deluge, and, in…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 7:1-12
The call to Noah is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children to come in-doors when he sees night or a storm coming. Noah did not go into the ark till God bade him, though he knew it was to be his place of…
Noah Invited into the Ark. (b. c. 2349.)
NOAH INVITED INTO THE ARK. (B. C. 2349.) Here is, I. A gracious invitation of Noah and his family into a place of safety, now that the flood of waters was coming, Genesis 7:1. 1. The call itself is very kind, like that…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 7:1-10
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