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Genesis 9

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Part of The Flood📖 Genesis introduction

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1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. ✦ 2The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand. ✦ 3Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things. ✦ 4But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it. ✦ 5And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man: ✦ 6Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind. ✦ 7But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.” ✦ 8Then God said to Noah and his sons with him, 9“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you, ✦ 10and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark. ✦ 11And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” ✦ 12And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: ✦ 13I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. ✦ 14Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. ✦ 16And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.” ✦ 17So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.” 18The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan. ✦ 19These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated. ✦ 20Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. ✦ 21But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent. ✦ 22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside. ✦ 23Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness. ✦ 24When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him, 25he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.” ✦ 26He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem. ✦ 27May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.” ✦ 28After the flood, Noah lived 350 years. 29So Noah lived a total of 950 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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