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The waters prevailed, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
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Judgment and Salvation
Commentators like Matthew Henry point out a profound spiritual truth: the very waters that brought judgment and death to the unbelieving world were the same waters that lifted up and saved the ark. This illustrates how God's actions can mean destruction for His enemies but life and deliverance for the faithful.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
19th Century
Anglican
The waters increased ... — The swelling of the flood is described with great power in these verses. Every stage and detail relates to the …
Baptist
If Moses had meant to describe a partial deluge upon only a small part of the earth, he used very misleading language; but if he meant to teach tha…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth Still they became…
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…