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Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The prevalence of the waters. The forty days are now completed. At the end of this period, the ark had been afloat for a long time. It was drifted …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Fifteen cubits upward. — This apparently was the draft of the ark, computed after it had settled in the region of Ararat. Fifteen cubits w…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

This is the counterpart of what will follow the preaching of the gospel: those who are in Christ shall live, shall rise, and reign with him forever…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Fifteen cubits upwards did the waters prevail
Either to such an height above the earth, upwards from that, or from t…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The flood was increasing for forty days. The waters rose so high that the tops of the highest mountains were overflowed by more than twenty feet. T…

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