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and he sent forth a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
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A Practical First Step
Commentators explain that Noah's choice of the raven was a practical test. As a scavenger, the raven could survive on the floating carcasses left by the flood. Its 'to and fro' movement, without returning into the ark, gave Noah an initial but incomplete sign that the waters were receding, prompting him to later send the dove for a clearer answer.
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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
Baptist
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: And he sent forth a raven, which went f…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he sent forth a raven That by it he might observe how high or low the waters were upon the earth. He sent out th…
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