Genesis 9:13-28

13 I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be for a sign of a covenant between me and the eretz.

14 It will happen, when I bring a cloud over the eretz, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,

15 and 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.

16 The 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 eretz."

17 God said to Noach, "This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the eretz."

18 The sons of Noach who went forth from the teivah were Shem, Ham, and Yefet. Ham is the father of Kana`an.

19 These three were the sons of Noach, and from these, the whole eretz was populated.

20 Noach began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.

21 He drank of the wine, and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.

22 Ham, the father of Kana`an, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

23 Shem and Yefet 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.

24 Noach awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.

25 He said, "Cursed be Kana`an; A servant of servants will he be to his brothers."

26 He said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; Let Kana`an be his servant.

27 God enlarge Yefet, Let him dwell in the tents of Shem; Let Kana`an be his servant."

28 Noach lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.

Genesis 9:13-28 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.