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Genesis 9

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Part of The Flood📖 Genesis introduction

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1God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth. ✦ 2The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand. ✦ 3Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you. ✦ 4But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat. ✦ 5I will surely require your blood of your lives; at the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man. ✦ 6Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image. ✦ 7Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.” ✦ 8God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, 9“As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you, ✦ 10and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ship, even every animal of the earth. ✦ 11I will establish my covenant with you: All flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood. There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.” ✦ 12God 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: ✦ 13I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth. ✦ 14When I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud, 15and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. ✦ 16The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” ✦ 17God said to Noah, “This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.” 18The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan. ✦ 19These three were the sons of Noah, and from these, the whole earth was populated. ✦ 20Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard. ✦ 21He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent. ✦ 22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. ✦ 23Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness. ✦ 24Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him. 25He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.” ✦ 26He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant. ✦ 27May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.” ✦ 28Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood. 29All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and then he died. ✦

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Christ at the center

From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.

How Genesis 9 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Resources, by level

Lay

  • ★ Start hereDocumentaryExpedition BibleJoel Kramer · Free · evangelical

    On-location biblical archaeology from a credentialed archaeologist (M.A., excavated in Israel) — the best free place to start on "did it really happen?"

  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereVideoOverview: Genesis 1–11BibleProject · 9 min · Free

    The single best free starting point for Genesis 1–11 — clear, visual, and faithful to the literary design.

  • VideoSpoken GospelSpoken Gospel · Free · evangelical

    Short, gospel-centered videos and spoken-word poems showing how each passage points to Jesus — especially strong on the Old Testament.

  • ReferenceBook of Genesis — Visual GuideBibleProject · Free

    A free structured guide to the whole book — outline, themes, and links to each video.

  • DocumentaryIs Genesis History?Del Tackett · Free · evangelical

    A young-earth-creationist case for a literal Genesis, free on YouTube. (YEC is one view held by faithful Christians; others read Genesis differently — see the genre guide on how to read it.)

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Seminary

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryGenesis (Word Biblical Commentary)Gordon J. Wenham · Paid · evangelical

    For decades the gold-standard commentary on Genesis — technical but rich. (See the ranked list for alternatives like Hamilton, NICOT.)

  • BookThe Pentateuch as NarrativeJohn H. Sailhamer · ~560 pp · Library · evangelical

    A literary-theological reading that makes Genesis's design visible.

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