Genesis 8:13-22
six <08337> [A.M. 1657. B.C. 2347. six.]
From this, it appears, that Noah was in the ark a complete solar year, or 365 days; for he entered it on the 17th day of the 2nd month, in the 600th year of his life, and continued in it till the 27th day of the 2nd month, in the 601st year of his life, as we see above.
Bring out <03318> [Bring.]
increase <08317> [breed.]
groups <04940> [kinds. Heb. families.]
built <01129> [builded.]
clean animal ... clean <0929 02889> [clean beast.]
burnt offerings <05930> [burnt.]
smelled <07306> [smelled.]
soothing aroma <07381 05207> [sweet savour. Heb. savour of rest. curse.]
humankind ..... inclination .... minds <0120 03336> [for. or, though. the imagination.]
again ....................... again <03254> [neither.]
done <06213> [as I.]
earth continues to exist ............. day <0776 03117> [While the earth remaineth. Heb. as yet all the days of the earth.]
planting time <02233> [seed-time.]
Most of the European nations divide the year into four distinct parts, called quarters or seasons; but there are six divisions in the text, which obtained in Palestine among the Hebrews, and exist among the Arabs to the present day. According to this gracious promise, the heavenly bodies have preserved their courses, the seasons their successions, and the earth its increase for the use of man.
continues to exist ............. day <03117> [day.]
