Genesis 9:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. ”

Genesis 9:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- 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...
Genesis 9:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And God said unto Noah, (m) This [is] the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth. (m) God repeats this often to confirm Noah's faith even m...
Genesis 9:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

From P. The links between Genesis 9:1-7 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,...
Genesis 9:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. This is the token - אות oth, The Divine sign or portent: The b...
Genesis 9:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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.
Genesis 9:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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. T...
Genesis 9:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1-32 ; Genesis 6:1-22 ; Genesis 7:1-24 ; Genesis 8:1-22 ; Genesis 9:1-29 THE first great event which indelibly impressed itself on the memory of the primeval world was t...
Genesis 9:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Covenant with Noah Genesis 9:1-17 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 us...
Genesis 9:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 E...
Genesis 9:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And God said to Noah, this is the token of the covenant ,.... Which is repeated for the greater confirmation and certainty of it, since the fears of men would be apt to run very high, especially whi...
Genesis 9:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And God said unto Noah, This [is] the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth. Ver. 17. This is the token of the Covenant. ] This is often...
Genesis 9:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Genesis 9:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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 generations: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud...
Genesis 9:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The same thing is so oft repeated for the strengthening of the faith of all men, and especially of Noah and his sons, whom the remembrance of that dreadful deluge, which they had experience of, had m...
Genesis 9:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's Covenant with Man and with All Living Creatures ( Genesis 9:8-17 ) Now we come to the primary covenant around which the whole history is written. This covenant, made with Noah and his sons,...
Genesis 9:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Genesis 9:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 9:8-10 . 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 wi...
Genesis 9:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 abst...
Genesis 9:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 c...
Genesis 9:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Genesis 9:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Rainbow a Token of the Covenant
Genesis 9:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 9:17
Genesis 9:17 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Earth Renewed and Blessed Genesis 9:1-17 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 da...

Genesis 9:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 9:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 9:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 9:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 9:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 9:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 9:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 9:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 9:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 9:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 9:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 9:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 9:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 9:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 9:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 9:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 9:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 9:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 9:17 - Wells of Living Water Commentary