Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 9:11
Genesis 9:11. There shall not any more be a flood God had drowned the world once, and still it is as provoking as ever; yet he will never drown it any more, for he deals not with us according to our sins. This promise of God keeps the sea and clouds in their decreed places, and “sets them gates and bars: Hitherto they shall come,” Job 38:10-11. If the sea should flow but for a few days, as it doth twice every day for a few hours, what desolations would it make! So would the clouds, if... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 9:9
Genesis 9:9. Behold, I establish my covenant, &c. We have here the general establishment of God’s covenant with this new world, and the extent of that covenant. read more