Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible

so good as it might be, and should be. No condition will of itself bring content, unless the mind be brought to it. He tempts th ...

without end, if the good Shepherd had not sought after him, and told him, that where he was straying he could not be either happ ...

Verses 16–19 The woman, for her sin, is condemned to a state of sorrow, and of subjection; proper punishments of that sin, in wh ...

beasts, from whose skins they were clothed, it is supposed were slain, not for man's food, but for sacrifice, to typify Christ, ...

believe that God commanded Adam, after the fall, to shed the blood of innocent animals, and after their death to burn part or th ...

tells us the excellency of faith in the atoning sacrifice and blood of the Lamb of God. Cain slew his brother, because his own w ...

are, the better we should be, and the more zealous. Then began the distinction between professors and profane, which has been ke ...

is to be followers of him as dear children. The Holy Spirit, instead of saying, Enoch lived, says, Enoch walked with God. This w ...

Verses 1–7 The most remarkable thing concerning the old world, is the destroying of it by the deluge, or flood. We are told of t ...

before God, by faith in the promised Seed. As such he was made holy, and had right principles; and was righteous in his conversa ...

kindly invites us by faith to enter in. While the day of his patience continues, let us hear and obey his voice. Chapter 7 Chapt ...

exercise of the almighty power of God in causing the flood, it is vain and presumptuous to attempt explaining the method of it, ...

case or character; but if we neglect, refuse, or abuse the salvation of Christ, we shall, notwithstanding such fancied advantage ...

and the third time was after seven days also; probably on the sabbath day. Having kept the sabbath with his little church, he ex ...

Chapter 9 Chapter Outline God blesses Noah, and grants flesh for food. (1–3) Blood, and murder forbidden. (4–7) God's covenant b ...

covenanted the more sure to mutual satisfaction. The seal of this covenant was the rainbow, which, it is likely, was seen in the ...

And of the poor negroes, how many every year are sold and bought, like beasts in the market, and conveyed from one quarter of th ...

spirit of the giants before the flood, who became mighty men, and men of renown, Ge 6:4, revived in him. Nimrod was a great hunt ...

Terah, father of Abram, grandfather of Lot, (27–32) they remove to Haran. Verses 1–4 How soon men forget the most tremendous jud ...

Verses 10–26 Here is a genealogy, or list of names, ending in Abram, the friend of God, and thus leading towards Christ, the pro ...