Genesis 8:22

“While the earth remaineth, etc.] Which as to its substance may remain for ever, (<210104>Ecclesiastes 1:4) yet as to its form and quality will be changed; that and all in it will be burnt up; there will be an end of all things in it, for so the words are in the original, “as yet all the days of the earth”, or “while all the days of the earth” are f478; which shows that there is a time fixed for its continuance, and that this time is but short, being measured by days: but however, as long as it does continue, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease; as they had done, or seemed to do during the flood; for the year past there had been…”

“While the earth remaineth--The consummation, as intimated in Pe2 3:7, does not frustrate a promise which held good only during the continuance of that system. There will be no flood between this and that day, when the earth therein shall be burnt up [CHALMERS]. Next: Genesis Chapter 9”

“- XXVII. The Ark Was Evacuated 19. משׁפחה mı̂shpāchah, “kind, clan, family.” שׁפחה shı̂pchâh, “maid-servant; related: spread.” 20. מזבח mı̂zbēach, “altar; related: slay animals, sacrifice.” 21. עלה 'olâh, “whole burnt-offering.” That which goes up. “Step; related: go up.” Genesis 8:15-19 The command to leave the ark is given and obeyed. As Noah did not enter, so neither does he leave the ark, without divine direction. “The fowl, the cattle, and the creeper.” Here, again, these three classes are specified under the general head of every living tiring. They are again to multiply on the earth. “Every living thing.” This evidently takes the place of the cattle mentioned before. “After their…”

“8:22 God’s promise to sustain the rhythm of the seasons reaffirmed the created order (1:14; see also Jer 33:20; Zech 14:7).”

“While the earth remaineth: Heb. as yet all the days of the earth, Isa 54:8 seedtime: Most of the European nations divide the year into four distinct parts, called quarters or seasons; but there are six divisions in the text, which obtained in Palestine among the Hebrews, and exist among the Arabs to the present day. According to this gracious promise, the heavenly bodies have preserved their courses, the seasons their successions, and the earth its increase for the use of man. Gen 45:6; Exo 34:21; Psa 74:16, Psa 74:17; Sol 2:11, Sol 2:12; Isa 54:9; Jer 5:24; Jam 5:7 day: Jer 31:35, Jer 33:20-26 Next: Genesis Chapter 9 Sacred Texts | Bible Previous: Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge: Genesis:…”