Walk in the Bible - Genesis 8
Genesis 8 In verse 1 we see almost a retelling of Genesis , verse 1, GOD's name reverts back to Elohim, just like it was in Genesis 1, and the word for "wind" is "ruach" which can means wind or spirit, and it's the same word used in Genesis 1 where we read that his SPIRIT hovered over the water. Where it says the waters subsided, the word used for "subsided" is the Hebrew word "shakak" (pronounced "Shaw-kak") , and it does mean abate. Most of the rabbinic scholars seem to think this means "Abate " in a general sense, however, Chizkuni seems to think that the waters were boiling hot and by "abating" the water, it means that GOD cooled down the water. He takes this meaning from Esther 7:10 where she abated a king's anger. Verse 2 is pretty much a retelling of Genesis 6. There was already light, so GOD didn't need to create the light , but as he's removed the firmament between Heaven an...