...Prize Poem, by JOHN ROBEBTS, A..M THE DELUGE. ** And the waters prevailed and were increased greatly upon the earth ; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered : and all in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died." Gen, vii....

...prevailed,, and were increased greatly upon the earth ; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. Ami the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills that m iv under the whole heaven weie covered. Fifteen cubits upwards did tbe waters prevail ; and the mountains...

...probable that it was strictly so. — Gen. vii. 1 9, 20. Obs.— The language of scripture is, that "all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered." And had it not been thus, it is probable that Noah would not have been directed to build an ark, but...

...feet above the tops of the highest mountains. The universality of the deluge is expressly declared; " all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered :" and the destruction was as universal as the deluge. Every human being, and every beast, fowl, and...

...prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth ; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 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...

...prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth : and the ark went upon the face of the waters, m from the end of the heaven, and his circuit f 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail : and the mountains were covered, a 21 And all flesh...

...the fountains of the great deep were broken up; and the waters prevailed and were increased greatly upon the earth, and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered.* Accustomed as we are to the regular return of the seasons, which was then promised to mankind; seeing...

...on two hundred of birds. At the end of the forty days of incessant rain, (when the ark floated,) ' all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered', and the waters subsequently rose fifteen cubits, or twenty-two and a half English feet, above the tops...

...prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth : and the ark went upon the face of the waters. re was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail : and the mountains were covered. 21 f And all flesh...

...waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth ; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth,...hills that were under the whole heaven were covered ; fifteen cubits above them did the waters prevail." From this it appears that the ark was built in...