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Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Genesis 9:1-7

CRITICAL NOTES.—Genesis 9:1. God] Heb. Elohim. Blessed] Similar to the blessing pronounced upon Adam and Eve (Genesis 1:28.—Genesis 9:2. The fear of you, and the dread of you] The fear of you, as existing in the inferior animals. “Dread” imparts a greater intensity of meaning into the word—the fear which paralyses. It may be that even in Paradise the lower animals had a wholesome fear of man, by means of which they could be kept in subjection. Now they are to be ruled by force and... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Genesis 9:4-8

DISCOURSE: 18CONFUSION OF TONGUESGenesis 9:4-8. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do.... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 9:1-29

Chapter 9And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the eaRuth ( Genesis 9:1 ).And so the commandment that was given to Adam at the beginning is now given to Noah because we're starting all over again with the race of men. That race that began with Adam was wiped out with the exception of Noah and his three sons with their wives. And so now we're starting over again to fill the earth, multiple, fill the earth.Now the commandment is to fill the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 9:1-29

Genesis 9:4. But the blood ye shall not eat. This prohibition of blood is repeated. Leviticus 17:0. Deuteronomy 12:0. And being connected with murder in the following verse, we are taught to abstain from imitating the ferocity of wild beasts, which lick the blood of their prey. Blood is also the life of the sacrifices offered up for sin; and our having been redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, the apostles have forbidden the use of blood to christians. Acts 15:29. A third reason... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 9:1-7

Genesis 9:1-7God blessed Noah and his sonsThe Divine benediction on the new humanityI.PROVISION FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF ITS PHYSICAL LIFE. This divinely appointed provision for the continuance of man upon the earth--1. Raises the relation between the sexes above all degrading associations.2. Tends to promote the stability of society. 3. Promotes the tender charities of life. II. PROVISION FOR ITS SUSTENANCE. The physical life of man must be preserved by the ministry of other lives--animal,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 9:7

Gen 9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. Ver. 7. Be fruitful. ] See Trapp on " Gen 1:28 " read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 9:7

Genesis 9:1, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 8:17 Reciprocal: Genesis 1:21 - brought Genesis 5:4 - and he Genesis 10:1 - and unto Genesis 10:32 - nations Genesis 11:11 - begat sons Jeremiah 29:6 - Take ye read more

Daniel Whedon

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

Generations of Noah, Genesis 6:9 to Genesis 9:29. Note here, again, how the history doubles back upon itself. Noah has been already introduced, (Genesis 5:29; Genesis 5:32,) but now the divine record of beginnings and developments takes a new departure . Compare note at beginning of chap . v, and Introd . , pp . 49, 50 . read more

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