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Genesis 9:1 open_in_new
God. Hebrew. 'elohlm, the Creator, because in connection with creation (Genesis 9:2) and the earth.
replenish. fill, as in Genesis 6:11.
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Genesis 9:2 open_in_new
fear... dread. Figure of speech Synonymia.
beast. living thing, as in Genesis 3:1.
earth. Hebrew. 'adhamah = the ground.
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Genesis 9:3 open_in_new
Every... all. Figure of speech Epanadiplosis (App-6), for emphasis. Same word in Hebrew.
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Genesis 9:4 open_in_new
life. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. See App-13.
blood. This is the essence and foundation of the doctrine of substitution and atonement. "life for life", "The wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23) and "without shedding of blood [and thus giving up the life] is no remission" (Hebrews 9:22).
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Genesis 9:5 open_in_new
of. Genitive of Apposition (App-17). "blood, [that is] your lives.
lives. souls. Plural of Hebrew. nephesh.
hand of every beast. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia (App-6).
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Genesis 9:6 open_in_new
image of God. Hebrew image of 'elohim (App-4). See note on Genesis 1:26, and Genesis 3:7. See App-15 for the Laws before Sinai.
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Genesis 9:9 open_in_new
I, behold, I. Figure of speech Epizeuxis, for emphasis.
covenant. Mentioned seven times in verses: Genesis 9:9-17.
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Genesis 9:10 open_in_new
creature. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. So rendered in Genesis 1:21; Genesis 1:24; Genesis 2:19; Genesis 9:10; Genesis 9:12; Genesis 9:15; Genesis 9:16; Leviticus 11:46, &c. See App-13.
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Genesis 9:12 open_in_new
token, or sign; then so associated with the bow.
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Genesis 9:13 open_in_new
set. Hebrew grant. Not then first seen as. phenomenon, but then first assigned as. token.
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Genesis 9:14 open_in_new
that. Hebrew. and [when]. See Genesis 9:13.
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Genesis 9:15 open_in_new
remember. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
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Genesis 9:16 open_in_new
everlasting covenant. This expression occurs thirteen times in O.T. and once in N.T., making fourteen in all. Genesis 9:16; Genesis 17:13; Genesis 17:19. Lev 24:8. 2 Samuel 23:5; 1 Chronicles 16:17; Psalms 105:10; Isaiah 24:5; Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 32:40; Ezekiel 37:26, and Hebrews 13:20.
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Genesis 9:20 open_in_new
began to be. was. Hebrew idiom. Compare Luke 12:1.Matthew 26:37; Mark 10:41.Luke 3:23.Mark 11:15.
husbandman. Hebrew. man of the ground, i.e. giving himself to tillage.
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Genesis 9:21 open_in_new
wine: first occurance. Hebrew. yayin. See App-27.
[Conversion Note:Some versions of the Companion Bible text on the Internet have the following comment for this verse but the original book (that. have) does not. Nevertheless the comment is presented.]
Compare Leviticus 18:8, which says: "The nakedness of thy father's wife shall thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness." Ham committed. sinful sex act with his mother. See also Leviticus 20:11.
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Genesis 9:24 open_in_new
awoke. Septuagint eknepho, only here 1 Samuel 25:37; Habakkuk 2:7; Habakkuk 2:19. and Joel 1:5. In N.T. only 1 Corinthians 15:34, means very much awake, awake to wisdom.
younger. than Japheth, not Shem. See notes on Genesis 5:32; Genesis 10:1.
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Genesis 9:25 open_in_new
Cursed. Fulfillment in Book of Joshua. servant of servants. Figure of speech Polyptoton.
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Genesis 9:26 open_in_new
Blessed. Fulfillment in Shem being in the line of the promised seed, and in the overthrow of Canaanites.
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Genesis 9:27 open_in_new
enlarge Japheth. Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6). Yapht le-yephth. Fulfillment in increase of Western nations.
dwell: as in. Tabernacle (Genesis 3:24, which see), i.e. worship the God of Shem: Israel's God, Hebrew. shakan. See App-40. Gentiles to be blessed in Shem. The Eunuch (Ham) Acts 8. Saul (Shem) Acts 9. Cornelius (Japheth) Acts 10. See note on Genesis 11:9.
tents. Hebrew. 'ohel (App-40). Probably plural of majesty, the Great Tent or Tabernacle of Shem, who would thus be the "Priest of the most High God". See note on Genesis 14:18.