Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Genesis 9:13
I do set my (k) bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
(k) By this we see that signs or ordinances should not be separate from the word.
I do set my (k) bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
(k) By this we see that signs or ordinances should not be separate from the word.
Verse Genesis 9:13. _I DO SET MY BOW IN THE CLOUD_] On the origin and nature of the rainbow there had been a great variety of conjectures, till _Anthony de Dominis_, bishop of Spalatro, in a treatise...
- 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...
SET. Hebrew grant. Not then first seen as. phenomenon, but then first assigned as. token....
_I do set my bow in the cloud_ Better, as marg., _I have set_. The Hebrew would literally be rendered "I do give," or "have given." The language is capable of two interpretations: (1) "I do now, and...
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...
I DO SET MY BOW IN THE CLOUD— If the covenant, as we suppose, had a two-fold reference, the bow was also a two-fold sign; and its temporal or natural respect must then, and ought now, to remind us of...
_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...
_I DO SET MY BOW IN THE CLOUD, AND IT SHALL BE FOR A TOKEN OF A COVENANT BETWEEN ME AND THE EARTH._ I do set my bow in the cloud, х_ NAATATIY_ (H5414)] - I appoint, or constitute, since the word is u...
9:13 set (d-2) Or 'have set.'...
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...
WITH THE EARTH] rather, 'from the earth.' 14-16. The Hebrew word for ark means a 'vessel,' that which contains anything. It was shaped like a chest, with a flat bottom and a roof. If the cubit measure...
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...
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 may not mean that God put his rainbow in the cloud for the first time. Perhaps there had been rainbows before and Noah had seen them. But before this time the rainbow was not a sign. God told Noa...
אֶת ־קַשְׁתִּ֕י נָתַ֖תִּי בֶּֽ † עָנָ֑ן וְ...
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...
My rain bow. This had been from the beginning; but it was not before appointed for a sign that the earth should no more be destroyed by water. It is styled God's bow, on account of its beauty and gran...
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....
13._I do set my bow in the cloud_. From these words certain eminent theologians have been induced to deny, that there was any rainbow before the deluge: which is frivolous. For the words of Moses do 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...
I DO SET MY BOW IN THE CLOUD,.... Or "I have given", or "have set it" p; which seems as if it was at that instant set; this is the same we call the "rainbow": and so Horace q calls it "arcus pluvius":...
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. Ver. 13. _I do set my bow in the cloud, &c._] There it was before, but not till now as a token of the...
_I set my bow in the clouds_ The rainbow, it is likely, was seen in the clouds before, but was never a _seal of the covenant_ till now. Now, observe, 1st, This seal is affixed with repeated assurances...
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...
I do set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth. In confirmation of His words God gave to man a special token, or sign, for everlasting generations, to...
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...
I DO SET MY BOW; Heb. _I have given, _ i.e. I will from time to time give and place. God calleth it _his bow, _ partly because it was his workmanship, and chiefly because it was his pledge, and the se...
Genesis 9:13 set H5414 (H8804) rainbow H7198 cloud H6051 sign H226 covenant H1285 earth H776...
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...
BOW The bow is not said to have come into existence at this time, but only to have been here invested with the character of a sign. Compare (Exodus 31:13). Typically, the bow, seen upon the storm c...
Genesis 9:13 I. God sent a flood on the earth; God set the rainbow in the cloud for a token. The important thing is to know that the flood did not come of itself, that the rainbow did not come of itse...
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...
Ezekiel 1:28 Revelation 4:3 Revelation 10:1...
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...
I set my bow in the clouds — The rainbow, 'tis likely was seen in the clouds before, but was never a seal of the covenant 'till now. Now, concerning this seal of the covenant, observe, This seal is af...