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Excerpt from A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Genesis: With a New Translation In treating of the deluge, Dr. Murphy shows that all the requirements of the Hebrew text are met by the supposition of a flood which covered the portion of the earth's surface then known to man; and that the sobriety and historical veracity of the narrative are strikingly exhibited in the moder ate height to which the waters are said to have risen above the ancient hills. It is doubtful, however, whether it would re lieve the difficulties pertaining to the account of the creation, were we there to limit the earth to so much of the surface of our globe as was known by observation in the time of Moses. This notion was pressed to an extreme by Dr. Pye Smith, in the supposition of a partial chaos in the region of the land of Eden. I do not understand Dr. Murphy, however, to limit the term earth, in Gen. I. 2, any further than by insisting that the desolation and disorder are limited in their range to the land, and do not extend to the skies. He lays down a true principle of interpretation when he says, further, that along with the sky and its conspicuous objects, the land then known to the primeval man formed the sum total of the observable universe. These two terms - the heavens and the earth - have not even yet arrived at their full complement of meaning; and it was not the object or the effect of divine revelation to anticipate science on these points. It is enough for the purpose of silencing scientific, or rather unscientific cavils against the inspiration of Genesis, that we show there is no real contradiction, but a substantial agree ment, between the Mosaic cosmogony and the established truths of physical science. Professor Dana has shown conclusively. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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