Genesis 9:14

_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....

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 is promised may be the more solemn, and the doing of what is covenanted the more sure to mutual satisfaction. The seal of this covenant was the rainbow, which, it is likely, was seen in the clouds before, but was never a seal of the covenant till now it was made so. The rainbow appears when we have most reason to fear the rain prevailing; God then shows this seal of the promise, that it shall not prevail. The thicker the cloud, the brighter the bow in the cloud. Thus, as threatening afflictions abound, encouraging consolations much more abound. The rainbow is the reflection of the beams of the sun shining upon or through the drops of rain: all the glory of the seals...

- 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. The purpose conceived in the heart Genesis 8:21 now receives significant expression. Not only a new blessing is bestowed, but also a new covenant is formed with Noah. For he that has offered an acceptable sacrifice is not only at peace with God, but renewed in mind after the image of God. He is therefore a fit subject for entering into a covenant. Genesis 9:8...

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 or stand_;_ _ἀνιìστημι (LXX.)—MY COVENANT (cf. Genesis 6:18) WITH YOU, AND WITH YOUR SEED AFTER YOU. I_.e._ the covenant contemplated all subsequent posterity in its provisions, and, along with the human family, the entire animal creation....

AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN I BRING A CLOUD OVER THE EARTH,.... Or "cloud a cloud" u, cause the clouds to gather thick in the heavens, and to hang over the earth ready to pour down great quantities of water; by reason of which the inhabitants might dread another flood coming upon them: wherefore, in order to dissipate such fears, it shall be so ordered, THAT THE BOW SHALL BE SEEN IN THE CLOUD; after it has pretty much discharged itself; for the rainbow is always in a thin, not a thick cloud; after the heavy showers are fallen from the thick clouds, and a small thin one remains, then the rainbow is seen in it; not always, but very frequently, and when the sun and clouds are in a proper position: and this is often so ordered, to put men in mind of this covenant, and to divest them of, or prevent their fears of the world being drowned by a flood; for when they see this, it is a sure si...

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, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth._ Happy fowls, and happy cattle, and happy beasts of the earth to be connected with Noah, and go to come under a covenant of preservation and we, though only worthy to be typified by these creatures which God had preserved in the ark, are thrice happy to be in the same covenant with him who is our Noah, our rest, our sweet savour unto God. Genesis 9:11. And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of

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 (Genesis 9:18) 5. Noah's drunkenness (Genesis 9:20) 6. Noah's prophecy (Genesis 9:25) 7. Noah's death (Genesis 9:28) A new start is made after

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 well as identities and similarities of phrase and style. A change, however, is made in recognition of the innate qualities of creation which have come to light in the interval. It had not been God's original intention that food should be obtained by slaughter; there is no provision in Genesis 1:29 f. for carnivorous men or beasts. But in the light of history the failure of this ideal is recognised, and now slaughter is permitted for food and the animal creation is inspired with a new dread of man. And at this stage no selection is made of those who are eligible for the purpose; in the widest way every moving thing that has l

THAT. Hebrew. and [when]. See Genesis 9:13....

_that the bow shall be seen_ This should be rendered "and the bow is seen." The promise is not that the bow shall be seen whenever God sends clouds over the earth, but that, whenever He sends clouds and His bow is visible, then He will remember the covenant. It is possible that this beautiful employment of the rainbow symbol may be the adaptation of a still earlier semi-mythological conception, according to which the God of Israel is represented in poetry as a warrior armed with bow and arrow (the lightnings are His arrows, cf. Psalms 7:12-13; Habakkuk 3:9-11); when His anger had passed, He hung His bow in the clouds. The rainbow does not, however, appear frequently in the imagery of Jewish poetry. In Ezekiel