Gen. 8
:1
8:1
And God
aremembered Noah and all the animals and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a
bwind pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.
Gen. 8
:2
8:2
The asprings of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.
Gen. 8
:3
8:3
And the waters receded steadily from upon the earth. So at the end of
aone hundred fifty days the waters began to diminish.
E.
Life in resurrection
8:4—10:32
1.
The ark resting upon the mountains, signifying resurrection with Christ
8:4-5
Gen. 8
:4
8:4
And the ark came to
1rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Gen. 8
:5
8:5
And the waters diminished steadily until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
2.
The raven being sent forth, signifying the fleshly ones going back to the world judged by God
8:6-7
Gen. 8
:6
8:6
And at the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
Gen. 8
:7
8:7
And he sent out the
1raven; and it went out, going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth.
3.
The dove being sent forth, signifying the spiritual ones staying with the church and caring for life in the Spirit
8:8-12
Gen. 8
:8
8:8
And he sent out the
adove from him to see if the waters had abated from the surface of the ground.
Gen. 8
:9
8:9
But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. And he put out his hand and took her and brought her to himself into the ark.
Gen. 8
:10
8:10
And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
Gen. 8
:11
8:11
And the dove came to him toward evening time, and there in her beak was a freshly plucked
1aolive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had abated from the earth.
Gen. 8
:12
8:12
And he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, and she did not return to him again.
4.
Going forth from the ark in resurrection
8:13-19
Gen. 8
:13
8:13
And in the six hundred first year, in the first
month, the first day of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and saw that now the surface of the ground was dry.
Gen. 8
:14
8:14
And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
Gen. 8
:15
8:15
And God spoke to Noah, saying;
Gen. 8
:16
8:16
Go forth from the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons’ wives with you;
Gen. 8
:17
8:17
Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh — birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth — that they may swarm on the earth and be
afruitful and multiply upon the earth.
Gen. 8
:18
8:18
So Noah
1went forth, as well as his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him.
Gen. 8
:19
8:19
Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves upon the earth, went forth from the ark according to their families.
5.
Making burnt offerings to Jehovah on an altar, signifying the offering of Christ to God through the cross
8:20-22
Gen. 8
:20
8:20
And Noah built an
1aaltar to Jehovah and took of every
bclean beast and of every clean bird and offered
2burnt offerings on the altar.
Gen. 8
:21
8:21
And Jehovah smelled the
1asatisfying fragrance; and Jehovah said in His heart, I will never again
2bcurse the ground on account of man, for the imagination of man’s
cheart is evil from his youth;
dnor will I ever again smite everything living as I have done.
Gen. 8
:22
8:22
Throughout all the days
that earth
remains,
1Seed time and harvest, and cold and heat,
And summer and winter, and
aday and night
Shall not cease.
