Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Genesis 9:12
This is the token, i.e. the bow mentioned in Genesis 9:13, I appoint to you for a sensible sign and evidence, to assure you that I shall perform this covenant or promise.
This is the token, i.e. the bow mentioned in Genesis 9:13, I appoint to you for a sensible sign and evidence, to assure you that I shall perform this covenant or promise.
- XXIX. The Covenant with Noah 13. קשׁת _qeshet_, “bow; related: be bent.” 14. ענן _‛__ānan_, “cover, cast over; noun: cloud.” The covenant made with Noah Genesis 6:18 is now formally confirmed. Th...
CHAPTER 9 The Earth Replenished _ 1. The divine commission (Genesis 9:1)_ 2. The covenant with Noah (Genesis 9:8) 3. The token of the covenant (Genesis 9:12) 4. The family of Noah ...
From P. The links between Genesis 9:1 and P's creation story are very close; the command to multiply, the dominion of man over the animals, the regulations as to food may be specially mentioned, as we...
TOKEN, OR SIGN; then so associated with the bow....
The Token of the Covenant The word "token," Heb. _"ôth_is the same as that rendered "sign" in Genesis 4:15, "and the Lord appointed a sign for Cain." The "token" is the outward and visible sign of th...
DISCOURSE: 17 GOD’S COVENANT WITH NOAH Genesis 9:12. And God said, This is the token of the Covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generatio...
_6. The Rainbow Covenant_ (Genesis 9:8-17). 8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; 10 and with ev...
_AND GOD SAID, THIS IS THE TOKEN OF THE COVENANT WHICH I MAKE BETWEEN ME AND YOU AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE THAT IS WITH YOU, FOR PERPETUAL GENERATIONS:_ No JFB commentary on this verse....
THE FLOOD This narrative records the judgment of God upon the sinful forefathers of mankind, and His preservation of a righteous family, in whom the divine purposes for men might be carried out. The s...
THE DIVINE BLESSING AND COVENANT. NOAH AND THE VINE. THE CURSE OF CANAAN 1-7. The primeval benediction of man (Genesis 1:28) is now repeated and enlarged. Animal food is allowed (cp. Genesis 1:29), bu...
GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 9 GOD MAKES AN AGREEMENT WITH NOAH V1 And God promised good things to Noah and to his sons. He said to them, ‘Have large families. Increase so th...
THIS IS THE TOKEN OF THE COVENANT. — The word rendered “token” really means _sign,_ and is a term that has met with very unfortunate treatment in our Version, especially in the New Testament, where —...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים זֹ֤את אֹֽות ־הַ בְּרִית
THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1; Genesis 6:1; Genesis 7:1; Genesis 8:1; Genesi
GOD'S COVENANT WITH NOAH Genesis 9:1 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 bloo...
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 Ed...
There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
_‘THE BOW IN THE CLOUD’_ ‘And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you for perpetual generations,’ etc. Genesis 9:12 I....
12._This is the token of the covenant_. A sign is added to the promise, in which is exhibited the wonderful kindness of God; who, for the purpose of confirming our faith in his word, does not disdain...
In chapter 9 begins the history of the new earth. God blesses the earth more than before; and the answer to the sweet savour of the sacrifice assures the world that a universal deluge will never recur...
AND GOD SAID, THIS IS THE TOKEN OF THE COVENANT WHICH I MAKE BETWEEN ME AND YOU,.... Meaning the bow in the cloud, and which might be formed in the cloud at this time, that Noah might see it, and know...
And God said, This [is] the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that [is] with you, for perpetual generations: Ver. 12. _This is the token of the covenant,...
Gen. 9:12, etc. _Concerning the rainbow, the token of the covenant._ This is on many accounts a token of God's covenant of grace, and his special promise of no more overthrowing the earth with a flood...
1 God blesseth Noah. 4 Blood and murder are forbidden. 9 Gods Couenant 13 signified by the Rainebow. 18 Noah replenisheth the world, 20 planteth a Vineyard, 21 is drunken, and mocked of his sonn...
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:...
THE RAINBOW A TOKEN OF THE COVENANT...
FOURTH PART THE 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...
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 thin...
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...
Genesis 9:12 God H430 said H559 (H8799) sign H226 covenant H1285 I H589 make H5414 (H8802) living...
GOD'S COVENANT WITH MAN AND WITH ALL LIVING CREATURES (GENESIS 9:8) Now we come to the primary covenant around which the whole history is written. This covenant, made with Noah and his sons, is disti...
Genesis 9:12 I. Among the many deep truths which the early Chapter s of Genesis enforce, there is none which strikes the thoughtful inquirer more forcibly than the connection between the disorder occa...
Genesis 9:8. _And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, sayings, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; And with every living creature that is with you...
CONTENTS: Noamic covenant. Noah's shame and Ham's sin. CHARACTERS: Noah and family. CONCLUSION: The believer is as secure as God's promises are true. No promise of God can fail. KEY WORD: Covenant,...
Genesis 9:4. _But the blood ye shall not eat._ This prohibition of blood is repeated. Leviticus 17; Deuteronomy 12. And being connected with murder in the following verse, we are taught to abstain fro...
_This is the token of the covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set My bow in the cloud_ THE RAINBOW THE TYPE OF THE COV...
GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 9:12 The rainbow will be a reminder of God’s EVERLASTING COVENANT. This does not mean that rainbows did not exist till this time....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 9:9. My covenant] Usually means a compact made between two parties, delivered in solemn form, and requiring mutual engagements. As employed in Scripture, from the nature of th...
EXPOSITION GENESIS 9:8 AND GOD SPAKE—in continuation of the preceding discourse—UNTO NOAH, AND TO HIS SONS WITH HIM, SAYING. GENESIS 9:9 AND I, BEHOLD, I ESTABLISH—literally, am causing to rise up...
And 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...
Genesis 17:11 Exodus 12:13 Exodus 13:16 Joshua 2:12 Matthew 26:26...
THE EARTH RENEWED AND BLESSED Genesis 9:1 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...