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The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:6
Whoso sheddeth. Literally, he shedding, i.e. willfully and unwarrantably; and not simply accidentally, for which kind of manslaughter the law afterwards provided (vide Numbers 35:11); or judicially, for that is commande…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:7
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. Vide on Genesis 9:1. HOMILETICS
Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:8-17
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…
God's Covenant with Noah. (b. c. 2347.)
GOD'S COVENANT WITH NOAH. (B. C. 2347.) Here is, I. The general establishment of God's covenant with this new world, and the extent of that covenant, Genesis 9:9-10. Here observe, 1. That God is graciously pleased to de…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:8-17
EXPOSITION
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:8-17
The new Noachic covenant established. I. It is a COVENANT OF LIFE. It embraces all the posterity of Noah, i.e. it is— 1. The new foundation on which humanity rests. 2. It passes through man to all flesh, to all living c…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:8
And God spake—in continuation of the preceding discourse—unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying.
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:9
And I, behold, I establish—literally, am causing to rise up or stand; ἀ νιì στημι (LXX.)—my covenant (cf. Genesis 6:18) with you, and with your seed after you. I.e. the covenant contemplated all subsequent posterity in…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:10
And with every living creature—literally, every soul (or breathing thing) that liveth, a generic designation of which the particulars are now specified—that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:11
And I will establish my covenant with you. Not form it for the first time, as if no such covenant had existed in antediluvian times (Knobel); but cause it to stand or permanently establish it, so that it shall no more b…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:12-17
Articles of agreement among men are usually sealed, that the covenants may be the more solemn, and the performances of the covenants the more sure, to mutual satisfaction. God therefore, being willing more abundantly to…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:12
And God said, This is the token— אוֹת (vide Genesis 1:14; Genesis 4:15)—of the covenant which I make—literally, am giving (cf. Genesis 17:2)—between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual g…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:13
The bow in the cloud, with deep joy and yet with awe must Noah have looked around him on leaving the ark. On every side signs of the mighty destruction; the earth scarcely dried, and the busy throng of men (Luke 17:27)…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:13
I do set. Literally, I have given, or placed, an indication that the atmospheric phenomenon referred to had already frequently appeared (Syriac, Arabic, Aben Ezra, Chrysostom, Calvin, Willet, Murphy, Wordsworth, Kalisch…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:14
And it shall come to pan, when I bring a cloud over the earth. Literally, in my clouding a cloud, i.e. gathering clouds, which naturally signify store of rain (1 Kings 18:44, 1 Kings 18:45). Clouds are often used to den…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:15
And I will remember (cf. Genesis 8:1). An anthropomorphism introduced to remind man that God is ever faithful to his covenant engagements (Calvin). "God is said to remember, because he maketh us to know and to remember"…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:16
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant. Literally, the covenant of eternity. One of those pregnant Scripture sayings that have in them an almost inexhaus…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:16
The covenant renewed. I. THE AUTHOR OF THE COVENANT. God. This is evident from the nature of the case. In ordinary language a covenant signifies "a mutual contract between two (or more) parties"; cf. Genesis 21:27 (Abra…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:17
And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant. Murphy thinks that God here directed the patriarch's attention to an actual rainbow; it seems more natural to conclude that from the beginning of the interview…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:18-23
The drunkenness of Noah is recorded in the Bible, with that fairness which is found only in the Scripture, as a case and proof of human weakness and imperfection, even though he may have been surprised into the sin; and…
Sin of Ham. (b. c. 2347.)
SIN OF HAM. (B. C. 2347.) Here is, I. Noah's family and employment. The names of his sons are again mentioned (Genesis 9:18-19) as those from whom the whole earth was overspread, by which it appears that Noah, after the…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:18-29
EXPOSITION
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:18
And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, who are here again mentioned as the heads of the nations into which the family of man developed, the writer having described the importa…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:18-29
The threefold distribution of the human race —into the Shemitic, Hamitic, and Japhetic families. The fall of Noah was through wine; not, indeed, a forbidden product of the earth, but, like the fruit of the tree of knowl…