Genesis 9:5

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 9:5

of. Genitive of Apposition ( App-17 ) = "blood, [that is] your lives. lives = souls. Plural of Hebrew. nephesh. hand of every beast. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia ( App-6 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 9:5-6

"And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man."The change of person in Genesis 9:6 should not be disturbing, such is a phenomenon in the sacred writings found frequently in the Minor Prophets. Also the words, "In the image of God made he... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 9:5

Genesis 9:5. And surely your blood of your lives, &c.— The reason given in the 4th verse for the prohibition of blood is, that "the blood is the life;" and, accordingly, they are used for each other, not only in sacred but profane writers*. And, upon this declaration, the Lord goes on to prohibit murder: "blood is the life;" and certainly I will require your blood for your lives; לנפשׁתיכם lenapshotikem; i.e.. I will make solemn inquest, in order to punish and exact blood for blood, life... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 9:5

5. surely your blood of your lives will I require—The fourth part establishes a new power for protecting life—the institution of the civil magistrate ( :-), armed with public and official authority to repress the commission of violence and crime. Such a power had not previously existed in patriarchal society. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 9:1-7

At this new beginning of the human family, God again commanded Noah and his sons to fill the earth with their descendants (Genesis 9:1; cf. Genesis 1:28; Genesis 9:7). [Note: See Bernhard W. Anderson, "Creation and Ecology," American Journal of Theology and Philosophy 4:1 (January 1983):14-30; and Waltke, Genesis, pp. 155-56.] As with Adam, He also gave them dominion over the animals and permission to eat food with only one prohibition (cf. Genesis 1:26; Genesis 1:28-29; Genesis 2:16-17).God... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 9:1-17

2. The Noahic Covenant 9:1-17Following the Flood, God established human life anew on the earth showing His high regard for it. He promised to bless humanity with faithfulness, and He prohibited murder. He also promised with a sign that He would not destroy His creation again with a flood."The Noahic covenant’s common allusions to Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3 show that Noah is the second Adam who heads the new family of humanity, indicating that the blessing continues through the progeny of the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:1-17

The FloodThis narrative records the judgment of God upon the sinful forefathers of mankind, and His preservation of a righteous family, in whom the divine purposes for men might be carried out. The spiritual teaching of Noah's deliverance has always been recognised by Christians, who see in the ark a symbol of the Church into which they are admitted by baptism, God thereby graciously providing for their deliverance from the wrath and destruction due to sin. The story of the Flood was fittingly... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:1-29

The Divine Blessing and Covenant. Noah and the Vine. The Curse of Canaan1-7. The primeval benediction of man (Genesis 1:28) is now repeated and enlarged. Animal food is allowed (cp. Genesis 1:29), but blood is forbidden. The blood makes the life manifest, as it were, to our senses, and the life belongs to God, and must, therefore, be offered to Him.5, 6. The ground of the sacredness of human life here is the existence of the divine image in man. It is not conceived as being wholly destroyed by... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:5-17

The FloodThis narrative records the judgment of God upon the sinful forefathers of mankind, and His preservation of a righteous family, in whom the divine purposes for men might be carried out. The spiritual teaching of Noah’s deliverance has always been recognised by Christians, who see in the ark a symbol of the Church into which they are admitted by baptism, God thereby graciously providing for their deliverance from the wrath and destruction due to sin. The story of the Flood was fittingly... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 9:5

(5) Your blood of your lives. . . . —This verse should be translated: “And surely your blood, which is for your souls, will I require (i.e., avenge); from every beast will I require it, and from man: even from a man’s brother will I require the soul of man,” as from Cain. “Your blood, which is for your souls,” means that it is the means for the maintenance of the animal life within them. As it is, then, the support of man’s life, au animal which sheds it becomes guilty, and must be slain; and... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 9:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 9:5-6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 9:5

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 9:5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 9:1-7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 9:1-17

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:1-17

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:1-29

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:5-17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 9:5

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