“And God remembered Noe, and all the living creatures, and all the cattle which were with him in the ark, and brought a wind upon the earth, and the waters were abated:”
If God remember every brute beast, what ought to be the assurance of his children? Not that God forgetteth his at any time, but when he sendeth succor then he showeth that he remembereth them.
“And the ark rested in the seventh month, the seven and twentieth day of the month, upon the mountains of Armenia.”
Or, Armenia. Or, stayed. Which contained part of September, and part of October.
“And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month: for in the tenth month, the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.”
Which was the month of December.
“And after that forty days were passed, Noe opening the window of the ark, which he had made, sent forth a raven:”
Hebrew, at the end of forty days .
“But she not finding where her foot might rest, returned to him into the ark: for the waters were upon the whole earth: and he put forth his hand, and caught her, and brought her into the ark.”
It is like that the raven did fly to and fro, resting on the Ark, but came not into it, as the dove that was taken in.
“And she came to him in the evening carrying a bough of an olive tree, with green leaves, in her mouth. Noe therefore understood that the waters were ceased upon the earth.”
Which was a sign that the waters were much diminished: for the olives grow not on the high mountains. Or, bill.
“Therefore in the six hundredth and first year, the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were lessened upon the earth, and Noe opening the covering of the ark, looked, and saw that the face of the earth was dried.”
Called in Hebrew Abib , containing part of March and part of April.
“Go out of the ark, thou and thy wife, thy sons and the wives of thy sons with thee.”
Noah declareth his obedience, in that he would not depart out of the Ark without God’s express commandment, as he did not enter in without the same: the Ark being a figure of the Church, wherein nothing must be done without the word of God.
“All living things that are with thee of all flesh, as well in fowls as in beasts, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, bring out with thee, and go ye upon the earth: increase and multiply upon it.”
Cross references: : Gen. 1:22 ; Gen. 9:1
“And Noe built an altar unto the Lord: and taking of all cattle and fowls that were clean, offered holocausts upon the altar.”
For sacrifices which were as an exercise of their faith, whereby they used to give thanks to God for his benefits.
“And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man’s heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done.”
That is, thereby he showeth himself appeased and his anger to rest. Gen. 6:5 ; Matt. 15:12 Or, sweet savor.
“All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, shall not cease.”
The order of nature destroyed by the flood, is restored by God’s promise.