Charles Ellicott Commentary Genesis 7:16

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Genesis 7:16

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Genesis 7:16

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him: and Jehovah shut him in." — Genesis 7:16 (ASV)

The Lord (Jehovah) shut him in. —The assigning to Jehovah of this act of personal care for Noah is very remarkable. In the Chaldean Genesis (p. 283), the Deity commands Xisuthrus to shut himself in.