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Genesis 9

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Part of The Flood📖 Genesis introduction

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1Then God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. ✦ 2The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every animal of the earth and on every bird of the sky; on everything that crawls on the ground, and on all the fish of the sea. They are handed over to you. ✦ 3Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I have given everything to you, as I gave the green plant. ✦ 4But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. ✦ 5I certainly will require your lifeblood; from every animal I will require it. And from every person, from every man as his brother I will require the life of a person. ✦ 6“Whoever sheds human blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made mankind. ✦ 7“As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.” ✦ 8Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, 9“Now behold, I Myself am establishing My covenant with you, and with your descendants 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 comes out of the ark, every animal of the earth. ✦ 11I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be eliminated by the waters of a flood, nor shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.” ✦ 12God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations; ✦ 13I have set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall serve as a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth. ✦ 14It shall come about, when I make a cloud appear 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 never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh. ✦ 16When the rainbow is in the cloud, then I will look at it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” ✦ 17And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.” 18Now the 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 these the whole earth was populated. ✦ 20Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard. ✦ 21He drank some of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent. ✦ 22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. ✦ 23But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it on both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father’s nakedness. ✦ 24When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him. 25So he said, “Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers.” ✦ 26He also said, “Blessed be the Lord, The God of Shem; And may Canaan be his servant. ✦ 27“May God enlarge Japheth, And may he live in the tents of Shem; And may Canaan be his servant.” ✦ 28Noah lived 350 years after the flood. 29So all the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died. ✦

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  • ★ 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?"

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    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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