...hands of God: it rained — no mention is made of waters for the purpose. The deluge was universal : all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered ; it did not cease in consequence of the annihiliation of the waters, but they were evaporated by a...

...roundness ; so that they bear witness to the breaking up of the fountains of the great deep, when " all the high hills that were under the whole heaven, were covered" by its roaring waters. And here on so unpromising a soil, we are not without abundant vegetation —...

...fifty days, " and the waters prevailed exceedingly upon • Vol. i, 134. -(- Gen. vi, vii, viii. ** the earth ; and all the high hills, that were under...and the mountains were covered." *' And the waters returned from off the earth continually ; " and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters...

...dry land died." Here observe that the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, that all the hills, all the high hills, that •were under the whole heaven were covered. The mountain» were covered ; fifteen cubits deep were they covered. A suitable depth that no animal,...

...prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth ; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. ty And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth...hills that were under the whole heaven were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail ; and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh...

...earth — All, in whose nostrils was the breath of life — And every living substance was destroyed. And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. We find from the above, that the Patriarch and his family were inclosed in an ark, or covered float;...

...earth — All, in whose nostrils was the breath of life — And every living substance was destroyed. And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. We find from the above, that the Patriarch and his family were inclosed in an ark, or covered float;...

...prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. "And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth;...waters prevail ; and the mountains were covered." — Gen. vii, 17 — 20. THE clouds grow darker, and the angry sky A heavy torrent of destruction pours...

...prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth : and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 after forty days. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail : and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh...

...upon the earth. And the ark went upon " the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceed" ingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills, that were " under the whole heaven, were covered!' This expression, " under the whole heaven" signifies only the whole horizon of the inhabited lands...