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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 told them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth. ✦ 2All the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I have placed them in your power. ✦ 3I have given them to you for food, just as I have given you grain and vegetables. ✦ 4But you must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it. ✦ 5“And I will require the blood of anyone who takes another person’s life. If a wild animal kills a person, it must die. And anyone who murders a fellow human must die. ✦ 6If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings in his own image. ✦ 7Now be fruitful and multiply, and repopulate the earth.” ✦ 8Then God told Noah and his sons, 9“I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants, ✦ 10and with all the animals that were on the boat with you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals—every living creature on earth. ✦ 11Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth.” ✦ 12Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come. ✦ 13I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth. ✦ 14When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will appear in the clouds, 15and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life. ✦ 16When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth.” ✦ 17Then God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the creatures on earth.” 18The sons of Noah who came out of the boat with their father were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham is the father of Canaan.) ✦ 19From these three sons of Noah came all the people who now populate the earth. ✦ 20After the flood, Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard. ✦ 21One day he drank some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent. ✦ 22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers. ✦ 23Then Shem and Japheth took a robe, held it over their shoulders, and backed into the tent to cover their father. As they did this, they looked the other way so they would not see him naked. ✦ 24When Noah woke up from his stupor, he learned what Ham, his youngest son, had done. 25Then he cursed Canaan, the son of Ham: “May Canaan be cursed! May he be the lowest of servants to his relatives.” ✦ 26Then Noah said, “May the Lord, the God of Shem, be blessed, and may Canaan be his servant! ✦ 27May God expand the territory of Japheth! May Japheth share the prosperity of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.” ✦ 28Noah lived another 350 years after the great flood. 29He lived 950 years, and then he died. ✦

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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.

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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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    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.

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  • ★ 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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