“Then all creation was cleansed as if of some blemish, removing all defilement caused in it by human wickedness. Its countenance was made resplendent; God then finally commanded the just man to disembark from the ark, freeing him from that awful prison with these words, "Then the Lord God said to Noah, 'Disembark, you…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON GENESIS 26.16
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16Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
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14And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
15And God spake unto Noah, saying,
— Genesis 8:16 —
17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him: