Genesis 9:13-23

13 I have placed My bow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

14 Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds,

15 I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh: water will never again become a deluge to destroy all flesh.

16 The bow will be in the clouds, and I will look at it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh on earth."

17 God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that I have confirmed between Me and all flesh on earth."

Prophecies about Noah's Family

18 Noah's sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.

19 These three were Noah's sons, and from them the whole earth was populated.

20 Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant^[a] a vineyard.

21 He drank some of the wine, became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.

22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.^[b]

23 Then Shem and Japheth took a cloak and placed it over both their shoulders, and walking backwards, they covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father naked.

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Genesis 9:13-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 9

In this chapter we have an account of God's blessing Noah and his sons, being just come out of the ark, with a renewal of the blessing of propagating their species, and replenishing the earth, the dominion over the creatures, and a freedom from the fear of them; with liberty to eat flesh, only it must not be eaten with blood; with a providential care and preservation of their lives from men and beasts, by making a law that that man or beast should die that shed man's blood, Ge 9:1-6 and after repeating the blessing of procreation, Ge 9:7 mention is made of a covenant God made with Noah, his sons, and all the creatures, that he would drown the world no more, the token of which should be the rainbow in the cloud, Ge 9:8-17 the names of the sons of Noah are observed, by whom the earth was repeopled, Ge 9:18,19 and seem to be observed for the sake of an event after recorded; Noah having planted a vineyard, and drank too freely of the wine of it, lay down uncovered in his tent, which Ham seeing, told his two brothers of it, who in a very modest manner covered him, Ge 9:20-23 of all which Noah being sensible when he awoke, cursed Canaan the son of Ham, and blessed Shem and Japheth, Ge 9:24-27 and the chapter is concluded with the age and death of Noah, Ge 9:28,29.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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[a]. Or Noah began to be a farmer and planted
[b]. Lm 4:21; Hab 2:15

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Genesis 9:13-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 9

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