And he was uncovered in his tent — Made naked to his shame. Page 1 Page 2 Summary . So would the clouds, if such showers as we have sometimes seen, were continued long. (8-17) Noah plants a vineyard, is drunken and mocked by Ham. [11] And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. 20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded # 9:20 Or soil, was the first to plant a vineyard. All content © Chris Juby | Twitter: @biblesummary | RSS | Contact the author | Licensing | Website by Chris Juby.
A title to them; into your hands they are delivered - For your use and benefit. God destroyed mankind so as not to loose them forever. We may read it, "God shall persuade Japheth, and being persuaded, he shall dwell in the tents of Shem." This part of the plan becomes evident in Commentary on Genesis 9:8-17 (Read Genesis 9:8-17) As the old world was ruined, to be a monument of justice, so this world remains to this day a monument of mercy. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. [27] God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Find out about the project here, or feel free to get in contact. The drunkenness of Noah is recorded in the Bible, with that fairness which is found only in the Scripture, as a case and proof of human weakness and imperfection, even though he may have been surprised into the sin; and to show that the best of men cannot stand upright, unless they depend upon Divine grace, and are upheld thereby. This does such apparent violence to the text, that to mention it, is sufficient. It disgraces men, and exposes them to contempt. God blessed Noah and his sons — He assured them of his good- will to them, and his gracious intentions concerning them. [2] And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. It is a bow, but it is directed upward, not toward the earth; for the seals of the covenant were intended to comfort, not to terrify. Our lives are God's, and we must only give them up when he pleases. There is a mantle of love to be thrown over the faults of all, 1 Peter 4:8. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you — Hitherto man had been confined to feed only upon the products of the earth, fruits, herbs and roots, and all sorts of corn and milk; so was the first grant, Genesis 1:29. 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. And perhaps he appointed this feast with design in the close of it to bless his sons, as Isaac, Genesis 27:3,4. As God looks upon the bow that he may remember the covenant, so should we, that we also may be ever mindful of the covenant with faith and thankfulness. He grants, 1. There shall not any more be a flood — God had drowned the world once, and still it is as provoking as ever; yet he will never drown it any more, for he deals not with us according to our sins. This seal is affixed with repeated assurances of the truth of that promise, which it was designed to be the ratification of; I do set my bow in the cloud, Genesis 9:13. [21] And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit. The life of the sacrifice was accepted for the life of the sinner. [9] And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; We have here the general establishment of God's covenant with this new world, and the extent of that covenant. And he will shed a glory on the tears of his saints. Jews and gentiles shall be united together in the gospel fold; both shall be one in Christ. Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), Matthew Henry’s Bible Commentary (concise), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Those who by birth were his equals, should by conquest be his lords. As it shows them, so it shames them. The fourth against incest and all uncleanness. All Rights Reserved. That those creatures which are any way useful to us are reclaimed, and we use them either for service or food, or both, as they are capable. And he told his two brethren without - In the street, as the word is, in a scornful deriding manner. If we any way hasten our own deaths, we are accountable to God for it. Every chapter of the Bible in 140 characters or less. Noah declares a curse on Canaan, the son of Ham; perhaps this grandson of his was more guilty than the rest. One time or other, in this world or in the next, God will discover murders, and punish those murders which are beyond man's power to punish.
It shall be seen in the cloud, Genesis 9:14. and it shall be a token of the covenant, Genesis 9:12,13. Ham appears to have been a bad man, and probably rejoiced to find his father in an unbecoming situation.
God has not commanded us to enslave negroes; and, without doubt, he will severely punish all such cruel wrongs. God blessed Noah and set the rainbow as a sign that he would never flood the earth again. [5] And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. God blesses Noah, and grants flesh for food. And God blessed Noah and his sons — He assured them of his good-will to them, and his gracious intentions concerning them. All Rights Reserved. These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood. By virtue of this blessing mankind was to be both multiplied and perpetuated upon earth; so that in a little time all the habitable parts of the earth should be more or less inhabited; and tho' one generation should pass away, yet another generation should come, so that the stream of the human race should be supplied with a constant succession, and run parallel with the current of time, 'till both be swallowed up in the ocean of eternity. A summary of Genesis 9 from @biblesummary. On him we depend, to him we should be thankful. The first against the worship of idols. Now, concerning this seal of the covenant, observe, (1.)
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This certainly points at the victories in after-times obtained by Israel over the Canaanites, by which they were put to the sword, or brought to pay tribute. The consequence of Noah's sin was shame.
Chapter 9 ends with a simple report: Noah lived 350 years after the start of the flood for a total lifespan of 950 years. This promise of God keeps the sea and clouds in their decreed place, and sets them gates and bars, Hitherto they shall come, Job 38:10,11. And Ham saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren — To have seen it accidentally and involuntarily would not have been a crime. [1] And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. The sixth requiring the administration of justice. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat — Blood made atonement for the soul, Leviticus 17:11. The second against blasphemy, and requiring to bless the name of God. The first blessing is here renewed, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and repeated, Genesis 9:7; for the race of mankind was as it were to begin again. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside. To this law there is a reason added. When God requires the life of a man from him that took it away unjustly, the murderer cannot render that, and therefore must render his own instead. And I will remember my covenant, that the waters shall no more become a flood, Genesis 9:15. The Adamic blessing, extended and elaborated, is conveyed to Noah, thus investing him with the status of a second father of all mankind, and also a barrier against the gross violence of the antediluvians is established in the law of capital punishment (Genesis 9:1-7). Genesis 9:20. [6] Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. This seal is affixed with repeated assurances of the truth of that promise, which it was designed to be the ratification of; I do set my bow in the cloud, Genesis 9:13. A servant of servants, that is, The meanest and most despicable servant, shall he be, even to his brethren. Covenant is what moves the story forward in Genesis. But the flood having perhaps washed away much of the virtue of the earth, and so rendered its fruits less pleasing, and less nourishing, God now enlarged the grant, and allowed man to eat flesh, which perhaps man himself never thought of 'till now.
Let us not forget the advantage and pleasure we have from the labour of beasts, and which their flesh affords. [26] And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Sometime after his departure out of the ark he returned to his old employment, from which he had been diverted by the building of the ark first, and probably after by the building an house for himself and family. He grants them power over the inferior creatures. The Jewish doctors speak so often of the seven precepts of Noah, or of the sons of Noah, which they say were to be observed by all nations, that it may not be amiss to set them down.
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