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He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she didn`t return to him any more.
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The Unreturned Dove's Message
Several commentators, particularly Charles Spurgeon, highlight that Noah learned more from the dove's failure to return than from the olive leaf it brought before. Its absence was the definitive sign that the earth was not just emerging from the water, but was now dry, safe, and habitable, with places to rest and find food.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
שׁכך shākak: “stoop, assuage.”
חסר chāsar: “want, fail, be abated.”
אר…
19th Century
Anglican
Again he sent forth the dove ... — When, after another week’s delay, Noah again sent forth the dove, it remained away until “the t…
Baptist
Noah could read something from that leaf that the dove brought to him, but he learned more when she did not return to him. He knew that she had fou…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he stayed yet other seven days After the dove had returned:
and sent forth the dove
The ark rested upon a mountain, where it was directed by the wise and gracious providence of God, so that it might rest sooner. God has times and p…
