4 S 6 7 8 Io GENESIS VIII. wit hi n the earth., Pfa1.3 3.7.Ecc1ef r .7.So after in vcrf 5. going and abating , that is, continually abating, mere n dmore. So going , is elfewherc tiled for can- tinning, and increafn Exod,2 9.19. The like is in Gems 2.9. atthe end] or after : as theGseekc tranfatsth it herc,and in v.6. Verf.4:ofArarat] that is, of Armenia : a country neere Af)'ria and Mefpotamia, mentioned alfo in 2 King.' 9.37.Efay 37.33. Ier,5 t.27.The Greeke here calleth them as the Hebrew Ararat , but in Efay 37.38. it tranflateth it Armenia. Alto the Chaldee here calleth them mmmtr ofKardu,which many Writers witneffe to be hills in Armenia.And the name Ararat feemeth to be turned into Ar- s enia,of Aram,(that is Syria) and Mioesi,(wherof fee Ier.51.2 7.)or of Ararat & Mimi compounded. Vcrf.5.tops] Hebr.tbe:heads. Verf.. 6. that Not opened] Hebr. and Nee opened: we may leave the word and, as doth the Greeke, and our Englifh fpeech alto beareth: which the Hebrew it felt elfewhere fheweth may bec done, as 2 Kiug.14I0. and why fhouldflthou meddle ?but in 2 Chron.-25.19. and is left out :.Iò in Chron. 18. t 2. and is fet downe, which in 2 King.22.13 . is left out. So it may be in many other places, as Gen 22.4. Ver.7.a Ravm]an unclean fowle,Dent.14. x 4. fent forth forty dayes after the tops of the mounts appeared, to fie if the waters were abated , as the Greekeaddeth, and as the next verfe fhewcth of the dove. For the Raven would have fed on the dead karkaffes,ifany had appeared,Pro.30.17. returning] that is, flying to and fa,çeturningg to the arke, bqt not into the fame, which the Dove after did,v.9.whereupon the Greeke interpreters (as it feemeth) tranflated it returned not. Noe had no tidings ofthe waters abating,brought by this meffenger,therfore he fendeth another,the Dove: which returning with an Olive leafe or branch; yeti .5 s. fignified the glad tidings ofpeace,by the miniltery of the Gofpel,and of the Spirit,(which the Dove reprefented Mat,3.x 6.) but the mini- fiery of the Law & letter(which the Raven feem- etis hereto figure out,)giveth the heart of man no evidence, that the waters of Gods wrath for fin, are any whit abated. VerGB a Daze from him] the Greeke faith, after bim,.meaning the Raven. This Dove feemeth to be Pent out (even dayes after the Raven, as may bee gathered by the so.verle, where is mentioned Noes waiting other feeven dayes. Of the fending forth ofthisbove, and of her returning unto Noc,(whom heathens name Deucalion)there is ex- preffe mention in humane Writers, Plutarch. dia- log.ee bide r.animal. Heated] Hebr,lighmed : that is.lesreafed: fo in v.11. Vert: s o. he waited] or, patiently abode : fo in v, s a. did again fend] or,added to fend : fo in v. x 2. did not adde to reserve : and verf 21. Iwill not aide to eurfe ;that is,not cede any more. Vert, x i.leafe] or branch : as it is elfewhere eng- lif ted, Nehem. S.15. a fi ne that the waters were low: and fpiritually a tdken of grace and peace in Iefìts thrift, brought in the mouth, that is, the 37 word and doEtrine of the Minifters of the Gof- pell, compared unto Doves , Mat.so.x5. Efay 6o. 8. Romanes r o. 15. which came unto the Church its the evening oftimes,in there last layer, Heb.i.r. Vert r 3.the 6 01 .yeere] to weet , of Noes life: as the Greek expreffeth. in the firff] to weet, the firff moneth, as theGreeke addeth; and theHe- brew before in v.4.and after inv.r4.plainlyfpea- keth; but affe &ing brevity, filch wordsare often omitted.So after : the frrfi of the month, that is,tbe furl day, as the firft of the fea fl,Mat.z6. x 7.is expoun- ded by the holy Gholt, the frill day of the feafl,Mar.' x4.12. Verf.x4. the 27dayef tlemonetb] By this it ap- 4 peareth that Noe was in the arke a full yecre (or yeere ofdayes)conta in ing 365 dayes, according to the conk of the Suntse. For he entred theark, the 17 day of the fecond moneth,in the 600 yeere of his life, Gen.7.1 x.13. and there he continued till the 27 day of the Second moneth in the 6ox yeere of his life,as the 13 and 14 verts of this 8th Chapter thew. Now the twelve months of the Hebrewes had 354 dayes, (for fixe months had each of then thirty dayes,and the other fixe mo- neths had each 29 dayes , which make 3 54.) to which adde xi dayes,(till the 27 ofthe 2 moneth full ended)and there are dayes 365. Verfs9.aftertheirfamilies] that is, ibe male wish bitfemale,not confufedly ruching out all together, but in order and after their bind, as the Greeke tranflateth. Families are here attributed to the bruit creatures,as before m ife an and w,Gen 7. z. Verf.20.buila an Altar] of earth, as is prohaüle 20 by the Lawafter given in Exod.zo.24. an Altai of earth _Pelt thou matte unto me. And filch the Nati- ons after nfed, mentioning Altars of graffi, and of turfe, Virgil. JEneid,1 z. Horatd. 1. Ode 19. and Al- tar is called in Hebrew, Mizbeach, that is, a facri- ficatory,orplaneof flaying the facriflee, for the facri- lices were killed,uponit, drby it, Gen.22.9,xo. Lev x.1r. It was a holy place , andfanEIfed the offering ,Mat.23.x9.Exod.29.37. and fo was a fi- gure of Chrilt,by whom we ßr the f eriftre of praife alwaestoGod,Heb.x3.x0 -15. And it is a tradi- tion oldie Jewes,that theplace where Noe built this altar,was the place .whereAbrab.amafterward built an Altar to offer Ifaak,Gen.22.2.and where Kahn and Abel offred before. See the notes on Gen.4.3. every cleave beaft] of the bullock, (keep and goats : fee the notes on Gen.7. z. So in Pirlg R. Eliezer, rhap.23 it Is. laid, Noe brought or the hind ofe,'eanebeafls, a. bull, affeepe, and a goat, - and cfi the lgmd of eleane finales , turtle dozes and young Pige mu, andbuilt an Altar,, and offered, &e. bttrnt- offrings. ] named in Hebrewgnaloth, that is, afen- ftons, for that theywent up in lire to the Lord,all (except the skin) upon the altar as Moks (hew- eth,faying, It is theburneyfiing, becaufeof the burning upon the altar all ybe night, unto the morrrin ¿, Leviti- cus 6. 9. Therefore the Holy Ghoul in Greeke calleth them holoeautmrrata that is , whole ba,mt- orinags, and thexveth how they figured Chrifls body offered np unto God for us, Hebrewes 1 o.6.1 o. E and 13 r9 Minor
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