Genesis 9

Treated in 12 passages across the library.

  • 9:6 Whoever sheds human blood, by a human being that person's blood will be shed; for God made human beings in his own image. 2
  • 9:10 and with every living creature that was with you, the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you, every living creature on earth. 2
  • 9:14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds, 2
  • 9:27 May God make room for Japheth, and may he live in the tents of Shem. May Canaan be his servant." 2
  • 9:5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand it from every animal, and from every human being: from each person I will demand an accounting for the life of another. 1
  • 9:9 "I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you, 1
  • 9:12 And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, for all generations to come: 1
  • 9:13 I have set my bow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 1
  • 9:25 he said, "Cursed be Canaan! He will be the lowest of servants to his brothers." 1

Open Word Bible

  1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.6 The Sixth Commandment cites Gen 9: 6

    …to this day been repealed. ‘Whose sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed.’ Gen 9: 6. In the old law, if a man killed another unawares, he might take sanctuary; but if he…

  2. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Third Stage cites Gen. 9:27

    …I came of the race of Japheth, whom God will persuade to dwell in the tents of Shem. Gen. 9:27. The Porter: But how does it happen that you come so late? The sun is set. Christian: I…

  3. The Provincial Letters · Blaise Pascal

    The Maxims of the Jesuits on Murder cites Gen. ix. 5

    …man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for man is made in the image of God.” (Gen. ix. 5, 6.) This general prohibition deprives man of all power over the life of man. And so…

  4. The Big Story · Ochorus Originals

    Floods and Towers cites Genesis 9:12

    …the world again, and He puts His rainbow in the clouds as “the sign of the covenant” (Genesis 9:12). A covenant is a solemn, binding promise, and it is one of the big words of this whole…

  5. Real Questions – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    Wasn’t Christianity Used to Defend Slavery? cites Genesis 9:25

    …were under the “curse of Ham”, though in Genesis Noah’s curse actually falls on Canaan (Genesis 9:25) and says nothing about Africa or skin colour. In 1807 a shortened Bible was printed for…

  6. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of January cites Gen. 9:14

    …to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud." Gen. 9:14 Just now clouds are plentiful enough, but we are not afraid that the world will be…

  7. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    August cites Genesis 9:14

    …up with the person and work of Jesus. August 12 “The bow shall be seen in the cloud.” (Genesis 9:14) The rainbow, the symbol of the covenant with Noah, is typical of our Lord Jesus, who is…

  8. Real Questions – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    Will My Pet Go to Heaven? cites Genesis 9:10

    …God’s new creation. After the flood, God made His promise “with every living creature” (Genesis 9:10). Paul says the whole creation is waiting for the day when it “will be set free from its…

  9. Tell Me the Story – Book 1: In the Beginning · Ochorus Originals

    The Rainbow Promise cites Genesis 9:13

    …rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.” — Genesis 9:13 When Noah came out of the ark, the first thing he did was to build an altar and worship…

  10. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Be encouraged to go on cheerfully, with confidence of prevailing cites Gen. ix. 27

    …to come into the tents of Shem, will persuade Shem to come into the tents of Japhet, Gen. ix. 27. The fulness of the Gentiles is not yet come in, Rom. xi. 25, but Christ, that hath the…

  11. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 14 — Of the Sacraments cites Gen. 9:6

    …in the present day a witness to us of the covenant which God made with Noah (Calv. in Gen. 9:6). As often as we look upon it, we read this promise from God, that the earth will never…

  12. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    In the Hay - Field cites Genesis 9:9-10

    …is with you, of the birds, of the livestock, and of every beast of the earth with you” — Genesis 9:9-10 (ESV). Thus a covenant was made with the cattle: seedtime and harvest would not fail…