Genesis 9:6 ESV

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Genesis 9:1-29

THE FLOODGenesis 5:1-32; Genesis 6:1-22; Genesis 7:1-24; Genesis 8:1-22; Genesis 9:1-29THE first great event which indelibly impressed itself on the memory of the primeval world was the Flood. There is every reason to believe that this catastrophe was co-extensive with the human population of the world. In every branch of the human family traditions of the event are found. These traditions need not be recited, though some of them bear a remarkable likeness to the Biblical story, while others... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Genesis 9:1-29

CHAPTER 9 The Earth Replenished 1. The divine commission (Genesis 9:1-7 ) 2. The covenant with Noah (Genesis 9:8-11 ) 3. The token of the covenant (Genesis 9:12-17 ) 4. The family of Noah (Genesis 9:18-19 ) 5. Noah’s drunkenness (Genesis 9:20-24 ) 6. Noah’s prophecy (Genesis 9:25-27 ) 7. Noah’s death (Genesis 9:28-29 ) A new start is made after the judgment by water and Noah is blessed by God. Like Adam and Eve they are commissioned to fill the earth, but nothing is said of... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 9:6

9:6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, {f} by man shall his blood be shed: for in the {g} image of God made he man.(f) Not only by the magistrate, but often God raises up one murderer to kill another.(g) Therefore to kill man is to deface God’s image, and so injury is not only done to man, but also to God. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:1-29

A NEW BEGINNING FOR MAN The earth itself having been purged by water, furnishing a totally new condition of circumstances for mankind and animals, now God establishes man in a new dispensation of things, blessing Noah and his sons with the promise of fruitfulness and of their multiplying to fill the earth that had been so reduced in the number of its inhabitants. God had told Adam and his wife to "have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Genesis 9:1-19

GOD ’S COVENANT WITH NOAH What did Noah do on leaving the ark (Genesis 8:20 )? How does this verse bear on Genesis 7:2 ? What indicates the acceptance of his offering, and by its acceptance that of himself (Genesis 8:21 )? What divine promise was associated with this acceptance? Of course, this does not mean that no further judgment is to be visited on the earth, as may be seen by 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 ; 2 Peter 3:10-13 , and Revelation 14:22. Where, earlier, have we met the blessing now... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Genesis 9:1-29

The New Beginning Gen 9:13 This second beginning was in many respects very different from the first: there is nothing here about a garden, or a forbidden tree, or a tempting serpent. So it would appear from the letter of the narrative; yet, lo, as we go along the courses of the history, we find that they are every one here, only under different names, yet ending in precisely identical effects! So much for variety in human history! Believe me, there is no vital variety; it is all superficial... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 9:6

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. It is worthy particular notice, what is said in this verse, that God will require the life of man, even of the irrational part of the creation, with the reason given. It may serve to shew in what light the crime of murder is held in the sight of God. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 9:6

Shed. God had not subjected Cain to this law of retaliation, as he was the first murderer, and the earth was unpeopled. (Haydock) --- Here he declares, that it is just to inflict such a punishment on the offender. (Menochius) --- Judges are hence authorized to punish murderers with death. (Calmet) --- The general law, thou shalt not kill, admits of exceptions, and forbids killing by private authority, or out of revenge. (Haydock) --- The blood of your lives, may signify the blood on which... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:4-7

4-7 The main reason of forbidding the eating of blood, doubtless was because the shedding of blood in sacrifices was to keep the worshippers in mind of the great atonement; yet it seems intended also to check cruelty, lest men, being used to shed and feed upon the blood of animals, should grow unfeeling to them, and be less shocked at the idea of shedding human blood. Man must not take away his own life. Our lives are God's, and we must only give them up when he pleases. If we in any way hasten... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 9:1-7

God blesses Noah and His Sons v. 1. And God blessed Noah and his sons and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. This is a repetition and a confirmation of the blessing of creation, Genesis 1:28. As founders of the new human race, Noah and his sons received the assurance of God's blessing for the propagation of their kind. Note that the blessing of the Lord is incidentally a command; it is His will that the human race should be propagated, that man and woman, in... read more