6.
Fulfilling God's purpose to express and represent Him
9:1-7
Gen. 9
:1
9:1
And God
ablessed Noah and his sons and said to them,
1Be bfruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
Gen. 9
:2
9:2
And the
afear of you and the terror of you shall be upon every animal of the earth and upon every bird of heaven, on everything that creeps on the ground and on all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are delivered.
Gen. 9
:3
9:3
Every moving thing that lives shall be
1afood for you; just as
I gave you the green
bherb,
so I have given you everything.
Gen. 9
:4
9:4
But flesh with its life,
that is, its
ablood, you shall not eat.
Gen. 9
:5
9:5
And indeed your lifeblood I will require; from
every aanimal I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother, I will
brequire the life of man.
Gen. 9
:6
9:6
1Whoever sheds man’s blood,
By man shall his blood be shed,
For in the
2aimage of God
He made man.
Gen. 9
:7
9:7
And you, be
afruitful and multiply;
Abound on the earth and multiply in it.
7.
Living under God's covenant
9:8-17
a.
No more judgment through death's waters
vv. 8-11
Gen. 9
:8
9:8
Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
Gen. 9
:9
9:9
And I Myself now establish My
1acovenant with you and with your seed after you
Gen. 9
:10
9:10
And with every living animal that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every animal of the earth with you, of all that came out of the ark, every animal of the earth.
Gen. 9
:11
9:11
And I establish My covenant with you, that never again will all flesh be cut off by the
awaters of the flood, and never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.
b.
The rainbow as the sign of God's faithfulness in keeping His covenant
vv. 12-18
Gen. 9
:12
9:12
And God said, This is the
asign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living animal that is with you, for perpetual generations:
Gen. 9
:13
9:13
I set My
1abow in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.
Gen. 9
:14
9:14
And when I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow is seen in the clouds,
Gen. 9
:15
9:15
I will
aremember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living animal of all flesh, and never again will the
bwaters become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Gen. 9
:16
9:16
And the bow will be in the clouds, and I will look upon it to remember the
aeverlasting covenant between God and every living animal of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Gen. 9
:17
9:17
And God said to Noah, This is the
asign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
8.
The failure of the leader and deputy authority
9:18-29
a.
Caused by the success of his work
vv. 18-21
Gen. 9
:18
9:18
Now the sons of Noah who came forth from the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
Gen. 9
:19
9:19
These three were the sons of Noah, and
afrom these the whole earth was spread over.
Gen. 9
:20
9:20
And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
Gen. 9
:21
9:21
And he drank of the wine and became drunk. And he
1uncovered himself inside his tent.
b.
Ham exposing the failure, and Shem and Japheth covering the failure
vv. 22-24
Gen. 9
:22
9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the
anakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.
Gen. 9
:23
9:23
And Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid
it upon both their shoulders, and they walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were
turned backward, so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
Gen. 9
:24
9:24
And Noah awoke from his wine and learned what his youngest son had done to him.
c.
Ham's son receiving the curse, and Shem and Japheth receiving the blessing
vv. 25-29
Gen. 9
:25
9:25
And he said,
1Cursed be Canaan:
A servant of servants
Shall he be to his brothers.
Gen. 9
:26
9:26
And he said,
Blessed be Jehovah,
The God of
1Shem;
And let Canaan be his servant.
Gen. 9
:27
9:27
May God enlarge Japheth,
And let him dwell in the
1tents of Shem,
And let Canaan be his servant.
Gen. 9
:28
9:28
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred fifty years.
Gen. 9
:29
9:29
And all the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and he died.
