Genesis 9:1-4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:2

Verse 2 2.And the fear of you. This also has chiefly respect to the restoration of the world, in order that the sovereignty over the rest of animals might remain with men. And although after the fall of man, the beasts were endued with new ferocity, yet some remains of that dominion over them, which God had conferred on him in the beginning, were still left. He now also promises that the same dominion shall continue. We see indeed that wild beasts rush violently upon men, and rend and tear many... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:3

Verse 3 3.Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. The Lord proceeds further, and grants animals for food to men, that they may eat their flesh. And because Moses now first relates that this right was given to men, nearly all commentators infer, that it was not lawful for man to eat flesh before the deluge, but that the natural fruits of the earth were his only food. But the argument is not sufficiently firm. For I hold to this principle; that God here does not bestow on men more... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:4

Verse 4 4.But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof Some thus explain this passages ‘Ye may not eat a member cut off from a living animal,’ which is too trifling. However, since there is no copulative conjunction between the two words, blood and life, I do not doubt that Moses, speaking of the life, added the word blood exegetically, (288) as if he would say, that flesh is in some sense devoured with its life, when it is eaten imbued with its own blood. Wherefore, the life and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:1

And God — Elohim , not because belonging to the Elohistic document (Block, Tuch, Colcnso); but rather because throughout this section the Deity is exhibited in his relations to his creatures— blessed —a repetition of the primal blessing rendered necessary by the devastation of the Flood (cf. Genesis 1:28 )— Noah and his sons ,—as the new heads of the race,— and said unto them ,—audibly, in contrast to Genesis 8:21 , Genesis 8:22 , which was not addressed to the patriarch,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:1-7

New arrangements for a new era. I. PROVISION FOR THE INCREASE OF THE HUMAN FAMILY . 1. The procreate instrumentality— the ordinance of marriage ( Genesis 9:1 , Genesis 9:7 ), which was - 2. The originating cause—the Divine blessing ( Genesis 9:1 , Genesis 9:7 ), without which— II. PROVISION FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE HUMAN FAMILY . 1. Against the world of animals . 2. Against the world of men . Ever since the fall man has... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:1-7

The new life of man on the earth under a new revelation of the Divine favor. The chief points are— I. UNLIMITED POSSESSION OF THE EARTH , and use of its inhabitants and products, whether for food or otherwise; thus supplying— 1. The scope of life. 2. The enjoy-meat of life. 3. The development of life. II. Absolute RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE , and preservation of the gentler feelings (the blood being forbidden as injurious to man in this case), promoting— 1. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:2

And the fear of you and the dread of you . Not simply of Noah and his sons, but of man in general. Shall be . Not for the first time, as it could not fail to be evoked by the sin of man during the previous generations, but, having already been developed, it was henceforth to be turned back upon the creature rather than directed against man. Upon . The verb to be is first construed with עַל , and afterwards with בְּ . The LXX . render both by ε ̓ πι Ì , though perhaps... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:3

Every —obviously admitting of "exceptions to be gathered both from the nature of the case and from the distinction of clean and unclean beasts mentioned before and afterwards" (Poole)— moving thing that liveth —clearly excluding such as had died of themselves or been slain by other beasts (cf. Exodus 22:31 ; Le Exodus 22:8 )— shall be meat for you . Literally, to you it shall be for meat . Though the distinction between unclean and clean animals as to food, afterwards laid clown in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:4

But — אַךְ , an adverb of limitation or exception, as in Le Genesis 11:4 , introducing a restriction on the foregoing precept— flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof . Literally, with its soul, its blood ; the blood being regarded as the seat of the soul, or life principle (Le Genesis 17:11 ), and even as the soul itself (Le Genesis 17:14 ). The idea of the unity of the soul and the blood, on which the prohibition of blood is based, comes to light everywhere... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 9:1-7

- The Blessing of Noah2. מורא môrā', “fear, reverence, awful deed.” חת chat, “dread, breaking of the courage.”Noah is saved from the deluge. His life is twice given to him by God. He had found grace in the sight of the Lord, and now he and his family have been graciously accepted when they approached the Lord with burnt-offerings. In him, therefore, the race of man is to be begun anew. Accordingly, as at the beginning, the Lord proceeds to bless him. First. The grant of increase is the same... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:2

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 9:1-7

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