...wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven : and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant : and thou...sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep...

...in consequence of the corrupt wickedness of mankind, he would destroy them by an universal deluge. " And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon...wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and everything in the earth shall die."— Verse 17. " And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have...

...metaphor. One would think that the terms in which God foretold the deluge were of this description. " And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon...; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. " And again — " And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high hills that...

...would think that the terms in which God foretold the deluge were of this description. "And behold /, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth,...; and every thing that is in the earth shall die." And again—" And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high hills that were...

...ihe breath of life, from under heaven ; and every thing that is in the earth, shall die. 18. Bui wilh thee will I establish my covenant ; and thou shalt...sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 19. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep...

...ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 And, behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters...; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. 18 But with thee will I establish my covenant ; and thou shalt come into the ark, 1 Or, the tchole...

...His heart. The earth was corrupt before God; and the earth was filled with violence.... And God said, Behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon...flesh wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven b ." From this tremendous doom but eight souls were exempted. Nor are we to suppose that such gross...

...violence, and the measure of his iniquity being full, the sentence came forth from the Creator,—" Behold ! I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon...all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under the heavens ; and every thing that is in the earth shall die." How mysterious was the forbearance which...

...Alike universal are the terms employed repeatedly to denote the destruction of animals upon the earth : And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon...; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. In spite of these strong expressions, not a few able writers have understood them as simply universal...

...for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and behold 1 will destroy them with the earth. And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon...; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. GEN. vi., 11, 13, 17. THE patriarchs slept, and o'er their virtues stole, Oblivion deep as rested on...