John Gill Commentary Genesis 8:18

"And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons` wives with him:" — Genesis 8:18 (ASV)

And Noah went forth
Being obedient to the divine command, and no doubt with great pleasure in his countenance, and with a heart full of thankfulness for so great a deliverance;

and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him :
in all eight persons, and no more were saved in the ark, as Peter observes, (1 Peter 3:20) and the Arabic writers say ^F1 , Noah and his sons built a city near the place where they came out of the ark, and called it Themanin, giving this as a reason of the name, we are eight, that is, who have escaped; so Berosus says ^F2 , that the earth being dried of the waters, there were then only eight men in Armenia, from which all mankind sprung.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F1: Elmacleus, p. 12. Patricides, p. 10. apud Hottinger. Smegma Oriental. l. 1. c. 8. p. 282.
• F2: Hist. l. 2. fol. 11. 1.