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... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the case, it must also be extended to mean God’s _promise_ by which He binds Himself to His creatures... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 9:18. Shem, and Ham, and Japheth] See Critical Notes, ch. 5. Japheth was the eldest; but Shem is named first, as being the family whence the Messiah was to spring.—HAM] So named, probably, from his children occupying the torrid regions. The name is applied to Egypt; and in... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 9:20. And Noah began to be a husbandman] Heb. The man _of the ground._ Like the Gr. γεωργος, and the Lat. _Agricola._ As the Heb. has the article, the meaning is conveyed that such had been his occupation, and it is now resumed after the interruption of the flood.—PLANTED A... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 9:28_ THE YEARS OF NOAH: THEIR SOLEMN LESSONS Here is the brief record of a noble life. There is little besides the simple numeration of years—merely a reference to the great event of Noah’s history, and his falling at length under the common fate of all... [ Continue Reading ]