Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Genesis Chapter 8
Overview
Gen 8:1, God remembers Noah, and assuages the waters; Gen 8:4, The ark rests on Ararat; Gen 8:6, Noah sends forth a raven and then a dove; Gen 8:13, Noah, being commanded, goes forth from the ark; Gen 8:20, He builds an altar, and offers sacrifice, which God accepts, and promises to curse the earth no more.
God remembered: Gen 19:29, Gen 30:22; Exo 2:24; Sa1 1:19; Neh 13:14, Neh 13:22, Neh 13:29, Neh 13:31; Job 14:13; Psa 106:4, Psa 132:1, Psa 136:23, Psa 137:7; Amo 8:7; Hab 3:2; Rev 16:19, Rev 18:5
the cattle: Num 22:32; Psa 36:6; Jon 4:11; Rom 8:20-22
a wind: Exo 14:21; Psa 104:7-9; Pro 25:23
fountains: Gen 7:11; Pro 8:28; Jon 2:3
the rain: Job 37:11-13, Job 38:37; Mat 8:9, Mat 8:26, Mat 8:27
continually: Heb. in going and returning
the ark: Gen 7:17-19
seventh month: That is, of the year, not of the deluge.
Ararat: Ararat is generally understood to be Armenia, as it is rendered elsewhere, in which there is a great chain of mountains, like the Alps or the Pyrenees, upon the highest part of which, called by some, "The Finger Mountain," the ark is supposed to have rested. Kg2 19:37; Isa 37:38; Jer 51:27
decreased continually: Heb. were in going and decreasing, the tenth. Gen 7:11
opened the window: Gen 6:16; Dan 6:10
a raven: Lev 11:15; Kg1 17:4, Kg1 17:6; Job 38:41; Psa 147:9
went forth to and fro: Heb. in going forth and returning
a dove: Gen 8:10-12; Sol 1:15, Sol 2:11, Sol 2:12, Sol 2:14; Mat 10:16
found: Deu 28:65; Eze 7:16; Mat 11:28; Joh 16:33
pulled her: Heb. caused her to come
stayed: Psa 40:1; Isa 8:17, Isa 26:8; Rom 8:25
seven: Gen 8:12, Gen 7:4, Gen 7:10
an olive: Neh 8:15; Zac 4:12-14; Rom 10:15
And he: Psa 27:14, Psa 130:5, Psa 130:6; Isa 8:17, Isa 25:9, Isa 26:8, Isa 30:18; Hab 2:3; Jam 5:7, Jam 5:8
seven: Gen 8:10, Gen 2:2, Gen 2:3
am 1657, bc 2347
six: Gen 7:11
Gen 7:11, Gen 7:13, Gen 7:14; 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.
Gen 7:1, Gen 7:7, Gen 7:13; Jos 3:17, Jos 4:10, Jos 4:16-18; Psa 91:11, Psa 121:8; Dan 9:25, Dan 9:26; Zac 9:11; Act 16:27, Act 16:28, Act 16:37-39
breed: Gen 1:22, Gen 9:1, Gen 9:7; Psa 107:38, Psa 144:13, Psa 144:14; Jer 31:27, Jer 31:28
kinds: Heb. families, Gen 8:19
builded: Gen 4:4, Gen 12:7, Gen 12:8, Gen 13:4, Gen 22:9, Gen 26:25, Gen 33:20, Gen 35:1, Gen 35:7; Exo 20:24, Exo 20:25, Exo 24:4-8; Rom 12:1; Heb 13:10, Heb 13:15, Heb 13:16; Pe1 2:5, Pe1 2:9
clean beast: Gen 7:2; Lev. 11:1-47
burnt: Lev. 1:1-17
smelled: Lev 1:9, Lev 1:13, Lev 1:17, Lev 26:31; Sol 4:10, Sol 4:11; Isa 65:6; Eze 20:41; Amo 5:21, Amo 5:22; Co2 2:15; Eph 5:2; Phi 4:18
sweet savour: Heb. savour of rest
curse: Gen 3:17, Gen 4:12, Gen 5:29, Gen 6:17
for: or, though
the imagination: Gen 6:5; Job 14:4, Job 15:14-16; Psa 51:5, Psa 58:3; Pro 20:9; Ecc 7:20; Isa 47:12; Isa 47:15, Isa 48:8, Isa 53:6; Jer 8:6, Jer 17:9, Jer 18:12; Mat 15:19; Joh 3:6; Rom 1:21, Rom 3:23, Rom 8:7, Rom 8:8; Eph 2:1-3; Jam 1:14, Jam 1:15, Jam 4:1, Jam 4:2; Jo1 5:19
neither: Gen 9:11-15; Isa 54:9, Isa 54:10
While the earth remaineth: Heb. as yet all the days of the earth, Isa 54:8
seedtime: 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. Gen 45:6; Exo 34:21; Psa 74:16, Psa 74:17; Sol 2:11, Sol 2:12; Isa 54:9; Jer 5:24; Jam 5:7
day: Jer 31:35, Jer 33:20-26