And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
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Interpretation
The ark rested upon a mountain, whither it was directed by the wise and gracious providence of God, that might rest the sooner.
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This thought runs through Genesis 8:8-12.
Glossary
- Noah Person
- Rest, (Heb. Noah) the grandson of Methuselah ( Gen. 5:25-29 ), who was for two hundred and fifty years contemporary with Adam, and the son of Lamech, who was about fifty years old at the time of Adam’s death.