Genesis 9:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. ”

• Genesis 9:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  - The Blessing of Noah 2. מורא môrā' , “fear, reverence, awful deed.” חת chat , “dread, breaking of the courage.” Noah is saved from the deluge. His life is twice given to him by God....

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• Genesis 9:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Every (c) moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. (c) By this permission man may with a good conscience use the creatures of God for his n...

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• Genesis 9:3 - 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,...

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• Genesis 9:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Every... all. Figure of speech Epanadiplosis (App-6), for emphasis. Same word in Hebrew.

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• Genesis 9:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  3. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. The Lord proceeds further, and grants animals for food to men, that they may eat their flesh. And because Moses now first relates that...

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• Genesis 9:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. Every moving thing - shall be meat - There is no positive evidence that animal food was ever...

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• Genesis 9:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. Every moving thing ... meat for you. The third part concerns the means of sustaining...

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• Genesis 9:3 - 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...

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• Genesis 9:3 - 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...

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• Genesis 9:3 - 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...

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• Genesis 9:3 - 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...

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• Genesis 9:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. Liveth; that is, fit for food, 1 Timothy 4:4 .

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• Genesis 9:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you ,.... That is, every beast, fowl, and fish, without exception; for though there was a difference at this time of clean and unclean creatures with...

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• Genesis 9:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. Ver. 3. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. ] God of his goodness gran...

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• Genesis 9:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Every moving thing Which is wholesome and fit for food, shall be meat for you: That liveth This may be added to exclude the use of those creatures which died of themselves, or were killed by wild...

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• Genesis 9:3 - 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...

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• Genesis 9:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Blessing of Noah and His Sons. B. C. 2348.       1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said...

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• Genesis 9:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Every moving thing which is wholesome and fit for food, and clean; an exception to be gathered both from the nature of the thing, and from the distinction of clean and unclean beasts, mentioned bef...

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• Genesis 9:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  God's Detailed Instruction to Noah and His Sons ( Genesis 9:1-7 ) In this whole passage God is Elohim, the Creator, for He is as it were beginning again, and reinstating man as His representatives...

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• Genesis 9:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 f...

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• Genesis 9:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Genesis 9:3 How are we to use the creation of God so that it may help towards our own supreme object? (1) We can study created things; we can see God Himself through them. (2) We may use God's c...

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• Genesis 9:3 - 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...

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• Genesis 9:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

  God blessed Noah and his sons The Divine benediction on the new humanity I. PROVISION FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF ITS PHYSICAL LIFE. This divinely appointed provision for the continuance of man upon...

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• Genesis 9:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Genesis 9:1 And God — Elohim , not because belonging to the Elohistic document (Block, Tuch, Colcnso); but rather because throughout this section the Deity is exhibited in his r...

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• Genesis 9:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  God blesses Noah and His Sons

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• Genesis 9:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Every. Leviticus 11:1-47 Leviticus 22:8 Deuteronomy 12:15 Deuteronomy 14:3-21 Acts 10:12-15 1 Timothy 4:3-5 even. Genesis 1:29 Genesis 1:30 Psalms 104:14 Psalms 104:15 Romans 14:...

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• Genesis 9:3 - 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...

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• Genesis 9:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  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 th...

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