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It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on the earth.
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A Final Week of Grace
Commentators like Matthew Henry view the seven days as a final period of grace God offered to a rebellious world. This was one last week to repent and heed the warning, but it was ignored. This serves as a powerful reminder of the danger of delaying a response to God's call to salvation in Christ, our Ark.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The date is given here at which the flood began and the entrance into the ark was completed. In seven days. On the seventh day from the co…
19th Century
Anglican
After seven days. —Said, in Jewish tradition, to have been the seven days of mourning for Methuselah, who died in the yea…
Baptist
Perhaps the world was in its prime, when the trees were in bloom, and the birds were singing in their branches, and the flowers were blooming on th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass after seven days Were ended, or on the seventh day, after God had given the orders to Noah, to prepar…
The call to Noah is very kind, like that of a tender father to his children to come indoors when he sees night or a storm coming. Noah did not go i…
