...Noah. 10 T[ And it came to pass "after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 11 r the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the i windows of lieaven were opened."1 « Ch 7 8....

...commanded Noah. And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the Hood were upon the earth. month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same...were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the • ~a windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty...

...waters of the Flood were upon the earth. In " the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the se" cond month, the seventeenth day of the month, " the same day were all the fountains of the great " waters broken up, and the windows of heaven " were opened: and the rain was upon the earth " forty...

...their place of eternal rest, into the heavenly ark, with their Redeemer at their head ? This took place in the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the tenth day of the month. And the Lord shut them in. Here, in awful suspense, the holy family...

...and just above the latter the nVry blast of God's wrath pursues the dying murderer. THE DELUGE. "!N the six hundredth year of Noah's life, In the second...were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened."* The artist has endeavoured to represent this terrible scene...

..." earth. And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the " earth ; the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows " of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights....

...about with songs of deliverance." Now, the preparatory acts all passed, the great catastrophe begins. In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second...were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. The sixth of November,* 1656 yearsf from the creation of Adam,...

...Noah. 10 And it came to pass, k after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 1 1 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second...were all ' the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the 'Ver. 12, 17. s Heb. blotoul. 'Ch. TÍ. 32. 'Ver. 1. * Or, on the seventh líay.^—^Ch. TÜi....

...trap-doors which were opened and shut, as God chose to give or withhold rain. In vii, 2 Gen. Moses says: "The same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of Heaven were opened;" and what then? "And the rain was upon the earth forty days...

...described, seem to be sufficient to verify the account of this mighty catastrophe recorded by Moses. ' The same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the...