1. שׁכך shākak: “stoop, assuage.”

2. חסר chāsar: “want, fail, be abated.”

3. אר…

Noah opened the window. —Not the zohar of Genesis 6:16, but an aperture. He had waited forty days after seeing the height…

And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: And he sent forth a raven, which went f…

At the end of forty days. From this, we may conjecture with what great anxiety the holy man's heart was oppressed. After he had perceived …

And it came to pa at the end of forty days
From the appearance of the mountains, that is, from the first day of the …

The ark rested upon a mountain, where it was directed by the wise and gracious providence of God, so that it might rest sooner. God has times and p…