word is also used Deuteron. 11. 6. and Iob. 22. 20.
Vers. 6. 600 yeere old] Hebr. a sonne of 600. yeeres: that is, going in his 600 yeere. See Gen. 5. 32. and [unspec 6] hereafter in vers. 11. waters] or, as the Greeke hath, the Flood of water.
Vers. 7. his sonnes wives] Thus but a few, that is, eight soules were saved by water: as the Apostle ob∣serveth, [unspec 7] 1 Pet. 3. 20. And here againe, Noes rare faith and obedience is set forth, Heb. 11. 7. be∣cause] or, for feare of: Hebr. from the face.
Vers. 9. and two] that is, by twoes: as v. 2.
Vers. 10. at the seventh] or, as the Greeke saith, [unspec 9] [unspec 10] after seven dayes: see before v. 4.
Vers. 11. the 600 yeere] or, In the yeere of 600 yeres; [unspec 11] that is, while Noe was living, in the 600 yeere of his life: which was from the creation of the world the 1656 yeere, and this was the beginning of that yeere of his life, for hee continued a yeere in the Arke, Gen. 8. 13. and lived 350 yeere after the flood, and dyed 950 yeere old, Gen. 9. 28. 29. the second moneth] to weet, of the yeere: agreeable in part to that we now call October: for the end, and revolution of the yeere, was about the moneth which we call September, Exod. 23. 16. and 34. 22. and so the new yeere then began: this was after called the moneth of Ethanim, 1 King. 8. 2. where the Chal∣dee paraphraseth, that they called it of old, the first moneth, but now (saith he) it is the seventh moneth. For the yeere changed the beginning of it ecclesi∣astically, upon the comming of Israel out of Ae∣gypt: see Exod. 12. 2. and Lev. 23. 39. compared with Exod. 23. 16. Some take it here to bee meant of the second moneth, according to the Iewes ec∣clesiasticall account, that is, April. of the great deepe,] that is, of the waters, which had by the pro∣vidence of God beene put into treasuries (or store-houses) under the earth, Iob 28. 4. 10▪ Psal. 33. 7. Deut. 8. 7. As also of the Ocean sea, which sometime is called the Deepe, Iob 38. 16. 30. and 41. 31. Psal. 106. 9. the windowes] or sluices, flood-gates of heaven: that is, of the ayre; as is noted on Gen. 1. 7. So Esay 24. 18. This denoteth the extraordinary violent falling of the waters from above; as the former did their springing up from beneath. Hereupon waters, deeps, floods, and the like, are used for great afflictions, whereby the life is indangered, Psal. 69. 2. 3. 15. 16.
Vers. 12. the raine] or shower, that is, vehement [unspec 12] raine. After this manner the Israelites were bapti∣zed in the cloud and sea; when the clouds stream∣ed downe waters, 1 Cor. 10. 1. 2. Psal. 77. 18. Exod. 14. 24. 25. And now was Noe saved in the arke in the midst of the waters, and was spiritually bapti∣zed into Christs death by faith, 1 Pet. 3. 20. 21. Heb. 11. 7.
Vers. 13. In this selfe same] Hebr. In the strength [unspec 13] (or body) of this day. So Gen. 17. 23. Levit. 23. 14. Ios. 10. 27.
Vers. 14. every beast,] that is, some of every sort, [unspec 14] two of the uncleane; as before, v. 2. every wing] that is, of every sort; for some are winged with fe∣thers, others with skin, as Batts. Therefore the Greeke translateth here, as before, according to his kind.
Vers. 15. went in] of their owne accord, miracu∣lously, [unspec 15] God so moving them: that they seemed be∣forehand to know the wrath of God that should come on the world.
Vers. 16. shut him in] or, shut (the doore) upon [unspec 16] him, or after him: the Greeke saith, shut the Arke on the outside of him. And this was to keepe him safe, and (as the Chaldee translateth) protect him, from the violence of the raine: also that no other should come in: for so the like speech seemeth to import, in 2 King. 4. 4. 5. The record of this grace to Noe, is found in sundry heathen Writers; they say Deu∣calion (when waters drowned all the rest) was with his wife preserved in a ship or arke, Ovid. Meta∣morph. l. 1. Lucian. de Dea Syriae. Noe was of the Greekes called Deucalion, (as Iustin Martyr Apol. 1. testifieth) and the name implieth so much, it being made of the wet and of the sea.
Vers. 17. 40 dayes] that is, large dayes, compre∣hending [unspec 17] nights also: as v. 4. and so the Greeke ex∣presseth it, forty dayes, and forty nights. See the notes of Gen. 1. 5. from] or from upon: but the Greek saith, from the earth: and the Hebrew meghnal, from upon, is sometime onely from: as Exod. 10. 28. Therefore that which in 2 Chron. 33. 8. is written from upon the Land, in 2 King. 21. 8. is but from the land. So from by me, Gen. 13. 9.
Vers. 18. went upon the face] that is, as the Greeke [unspec 18] translateth, was caried upon the waters: So ships are said to goe (or walke,) Psal. 104. 26. Thus Noe in the Arke escaped the waters of Gods wrath, wher∣in the world perished: as Israel after this, passed safe through the waters of the sea, wherein the Ae∣gyptians were drowned, Exod. 14. Hebr. 11. 29. Noe was baptized into Christs death, and buried, (in the Arke) with him into his death, but raised up againe with him also, God giving him victory through faith in Christ, Rom. 6. 3. 4. 1 Pet. 3. 20. 21
Vers. 19. most exceedingly] or, most vehemently: [unspec 19] the Hebrew phrase (as also the Greeke) doubleth the word, vehemently vehemently. So Gen. 17. 2. and 30. 43. and often.
Vers. 20. Fifteene cubits] that is, 22 foot and an [unspec 20] halfe. God weigheth the waters by measure, Iob 28. 25 prevaile] that is, as the Greeke explaineth, were lifted up, higher then all mountaines: To this Iob hath reference, saying; he sendeth out (the wa∣ters) and they overturne the earth, Iob 12. 15. this judgement was admirable, seeing there are moun∣taines, as Atlas, Olympus, Causacus, Athos, and o∣ther such, that are so high, as their tops are above the clouds, and winds; as Historiographers do re∣port. And the mountaines of Ararat so high, that the Arke rested upon them long before the face of the earth was discovered, Gen. 8. 4. 5. &c.
Vers. 21. every man] the flood came and destroyed [unspec 21] them all, Luke 17. 27. they were wrinkled before their▪ time; a flood was powred upon their foundations, Iob. 22. 16.
Vers. 23. Noe onely] or, but Noe. To this the [unspec 23] Scripture after hath reference, Ezek. 14. 14. though Noe, Daniel, and Iob were among them, they should de∣liver but their owne soules. So, a few were saved, 1 Pet. 3. 20. and 2. 5. And heathen stories give testimony