Passage Research
Genesis 8 — Sermon Preparation
The waters recede, the ark rests on Ararat, Noah sends out a dove, and he builds an altar in thanksgiving. Below is a research summary for Genesis 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 22
- verses
- 308 / 123
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 12
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Genesis 8 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| תֵּבָה | têbâh | H8392 | 9 | box |
| נֹחַ | Nôach | H5146 | 7 | Noach |
| מַיִם | mayim | H4325 | 9 | water, juice |
| חֹדֶשׁ | chôdesh | H2320 | 7 | new, month |
| יוֹנָה | yôwnâh | H3123 | 5 | dove |
| יָצָא | yâtsâʼ | H3318 | 6 | go, bring |
| שָׁלַח | shâlach | H7971 | 5 | send |
How preachers through history handled this text
12 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Noah was now gone out into a desolate world, where, one might have thought, his first care would have been to build a house for himself, but he begins with an alter for God. He begins well, that begins with God. Though Noah's stock of cattle was small, and that saved at great care and pains, yet he did not grudge to serve God out of it. Serving God with our little is the way to make it more; we must never think that is wasted with which God is honoured. The first thing done in the new world was an act of worship. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Genesis 8:20–35 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Ararat— Gen 8:4
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