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 …

Every living substance. — Every thing that stood erect (See Note on Genesis 7:4).

Upon the face of the grou…

This is the counterpart of what will follow the preaching of the gospel: those who are in Christ shall live, shall rise, and reign with him forever…

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon
the face of the ground
Not ev…

All the men, women, and children who were in the world, except those in the ark, died. We may easily imagine what terror seized them. Our Savior te…