genesis-9:1-13

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:8-17

8-17 As the old world was ruined, to be a monument of justice, so this world remains to this day a monument of mercy. But sin, that drowned the old world, will burn this. Articles of agreement among men are sealed, that what is promised may be the more solemn, and the doing of what is covenanted the more sure to mutual satisfaction. The seal of this covenant was the rainbow, which, it is likely, was seen in the clouds before, but was never a seal of the covenant till now it was made so. The... 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

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 9:8-17

The Rainbow a Token of the Covenant v. 8. And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, v. 9. And I, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your seed after you, v. 10. and with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you, from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. The Lord here addresses both Noah and his sons, although the latter occupied a subordinate position. He established, set... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Genesis 9:1-17

FOURTH PARTTHE GENESIS OF THE NEW, WORLD-HISTORICAL, HUMAN RACE; OF THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE FORM OF SIN THAT NOW COMES IN, AND OF THE NEW FORM OF PIETY; OF THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE BLESSING OF SHEM (CULTUS, THEOCRACY) AND THE BLESSING OF JAPHETH (CULTURE, HUMANISM); OF TEE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE DISPERSION OF THE NATIONS, AND THE BABYLONIAN COMBINING OF THE NATIONS; BETWEEN THE BABYLONIAN DISPERSION, OR THE MYTHICAL HEATHENISM, AND THE INDIVIDUAL SYMBOLIC FAITH IN GOD OF THE PATRIARCHS, THE... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Genesis 9:8-17

Genesis THE SIGN FOR MAN AND THE REMEMBRANCER FOR GOD Gen_9:8 - Gen_9:17 . The previous verses of this chapter lay down the outlines of the new order which followed the flood. The blessing and the command to be fruitful are repeated. The dominion over animals is confirmed, but enlarged by the permission to use them as food, and by the laying on them of ‘the terror of you and the dread of you.’ The sanctity of human life is laid down with great emphasis. Violence and bloodshed had brought... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Genesis 9:1-17

God’s Covenant with Noah Genesis 9:1-17 As the human race started afresh on its career, God blessed it, as at the first. God always stands with us in a new start. The prohibition against the use of blood in food is often repeated. See Leviticus 17:11 ; Acts 15:29 . In a very deep sense, the blood is the life. When we speak of being redeemed by the blood of Jesus, we mean that we have been saved by His sacrificed life. The blood maketh atonement for the soul. But while animal life might be... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Genesis 9:1-29

The new order in human affairs was initiated by the bestowment of a blessing on Noah and his sons. The first note of change is seen in the word which declared man's relation to the lower orders. In Eden man had governed by love and his own kingliness. With the loss of that kingliness resulting from his disobedience and rebellion, he had lost his true power of dominion, and that must now be exercised by fear and dread directly implanted by God in all the lower orders of life over which man was... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Genesis 9:1-17

The Earth Renewed and Blessed Genesis 9:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Let us give you some of the parallelisms which are found between Noachic times and events, and those which will mark the last days. Some of these will be a resume of preceding studies in Genesis. 1. Parallelisms relative to the heavens and the earth. In the first chapter of Genesis we have the earth renewed and blessed. God had created the earth in a wonderful state of perfectness, however, under His curse it had become waste... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:8-9

THE NOAHIC COVENANT‘And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you.’ Genesis 9:8-1 Samuel : To understand this covenant, consider what thoughts would have been likely to grow up in the minds of Noah’s children after the Flood. Would they not have been something of this kind? ‘God does not love men. He has drowned all but us, and we are men of like passions with the world that perished; may we not expect... read more