Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Genesis 9:16
i.e. This covenant made with all succeeding generations of men and beasts. This and the like speeches are oft ascribed to God after the manner of men, who being forgetful, need helps for their memory.
i.e. This covenant made with all succeeding generations of men and beasts. This and the like speeches are oft ascribed to God after the manner of men, who being forgetful, need helps for their memory.
- 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...
EVERLASTING COVENANT. This expression occurs thirteen times in O.T. and once in N.T., making fourteen in all. Genesis 9:16; Genesis 17:13; Genesis 17:19. Lev 24:8....
_remember_ Used of God, cf. Genesis 8:1. Here it suggests that the primitive tradition implied that God might forget, if it were not for "the bow." The word "remember" may be anthropomorphic; but in t...
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 IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN I BRING A CLOUD OVER THE EARTH, THAT THE BOW SHALL BE SEEN IN THE CLOUD:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
IN A CUBIT, ETC.] RV 'to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward,' i.e. a space of 18 in. was to be left....
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...
וְ הָיְתָ֥ה הַ קֶּ֖שֶׁת בֶּֽ † עָנָ֑ן...
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...
_Remember; or I shall cause men to reflect, when they see the rain-bow, of the horrors of the deluge, and of my gracious promises and covenant._...
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. Reader! do not forge...
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...
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 THE BOW SHALL BE IN THE CLOUD,.... Not whenever there is a cloud, but at some certain times, when that and the sun are in a proper position to form one, and when divine wisdom sees right there sho...
And I will remember my covenant, which [is] between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. Gen 9:16 And the bow shall be i...
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 the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. In speech which is m...
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...
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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 9:8. _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...
THE RAINBOW And the bow shall be in the cloud. Genesis 9:16. There have been many fancies in different countries about the rainbow. One is that where the rainbow rests there is buried gold; but go a...
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...
everlasting. Genesis 9:9 Genesis 8:21 Genesis 8:22 Genesis 17:13 Genesis 17
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...