Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 7:1

1. AND the LORD said unto Noah, come thou and all thy House into the Ark, for thee have I seen righteous before me in this Generation .

When the Ark was finished and furnished, and the time of Gods patience expired, Gen. 6. 3.

(i. e.) Prepare to enter.

(i. e.) Thy Family; which consisted only of eight persons, 1 Pet. 3. 20. To wit▪ Noah and his three Sons, and their four Wives, Gen. 6. 18. Whereby it appears that each had but one wife, and consequently it is more than probable that Polygamy as it began in the posterity of wicked Cain, Gen. 4. 19. So it was confined to them, and had not as yet got footing amongst the Sons of God. For if ever Polygamy had been allowable it must have been now▪ for the repeopling of the perishing World.

With the Righteousness of Faith, as it is explained Heb. 11. 7. evidenced by all the fruits of Righteousness and true Holiness.

Not only before men and seemingly, but really, and to my all-seeing eye.

Of which expression see notes on Gen. 6. 9.

Marginal references: Matth. 24. 33. Luke 17. 26. 2 Pet. 2. 5.; Cap. 6. 9.