Genesis 9:4-7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 9:5

Genesis 9:5. And surely your blood of your lives will I require The sense is, If I am thus careful of the blood of beasts, be assured I will be much more solicitous for the blood of men, when it shall be shed by unjust and violent hands. Our own lives are not so our own that we may quit them at our own pleasure; but they are God’s, and we must resign them at his pleasure. If we any way hasten our own deaths, we are accountable to God for it. Yea, At the hand of every beast will I require... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 9:6

Genesis 9:6. Whoso sheddeth man’s blood Whether upon a sudden provocation, or premeditated, (for rash anger is heart-murder, as well as malice prepense, Matthew 5:21-22,) by man shall his blood be shed That is, by the magistrate, or whoever is appointed to be the avenger of blood. Before the flood, as it should seem by the story of Cain, God took the punishment of murder into his own hands; but now he committed this judgment to men, to masters of families at first, and afterward to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 9:1-7

A new beginning (8:20-9:7)On returning to the earth now cleansed from sin, Noah first offered sacrifices to God. God’s promise not to destroy the earth by a flood again was not because he expected people to improve. He knew they would be as sinful as ever. If God always dealt with people as they deserved, such floods would occur constantly. But in his mercy God would allow sinful people to continue to live on his earth (20-22).With this new beginning, God gave Noah the same sorts of commands as... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 9:4

life = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. See App-13 . blood. This is the essence and foundation of the doctrine of substitution and atonement = "life for life", "The wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23 ) and "without shedding of blood [and thus giving up the life] is no remission" (Hebrews 9:22 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 9:6

image of God. Hebrew image of 'elohim ( App-4 ). See note on Genesis 1:26 , and Genesis 3:7 . See App-15 for the Laws before Sinai. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 9:4

"But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat."We cannot agree with Skinner that the reason for this prohibition was "purely ceremonial,"[5] although, of course, it could have been anticipative of the elaborate blood sacrifices to be instituted later in the Law of Moses. Some of the other reasons that might have lain back of this law are:(1) to prevent cruelty to animals, such as eating of flesh from a living creature,(2) to remind men of God's providence in... 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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 9:7

"And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein."As noted above, this is essentially the same commission given to Adam. 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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 9:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 9:6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 9:1-7

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 9:4

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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 9:6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 9:4

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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 9:7

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

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