Genesis Chapter 9 Notes

God blessed Noah the same way he blessed mankind in the very beginning. Verse 1 of Genesis chapter 9 says that God blessed Noah and his sins, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. When God blesses someone He speaks out of his mouth. I noticed that God did not tell Noah to subdue the earth. Could it be that mankind lost his authority over the earth to satan because of Adam's disobedience? I personally believe the answer to that question is yes. In Genesis 1:27 the Bible talks about God creating mankind (male & female) in his image. Genesis 1:28 says, And God blessed them, and God said unto them. Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living that that moveth upon the face of the earth. In other words, God originally gave control of the Earth to mankind. In Genesis 9:1 says And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply and replenish the earth. My question is why didn't God tell Noah to subdue the earth like He originally told mankind? One theory is that maybe Adam and Eve's disobedience to God caused Satan to be able to have authority over the earth. In Genesis 9:2 God said to Noah, ANd the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, and upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hands are they delivered. In Genesis 1:28 God had already given mankind authority over the earth and the animals did not have to be delivered into mankind's hands. However, because they sinned and fail short they gave satan free rein over the earth. Not only that, satan has a great influence over the hearts and minds of individuals. In Genesis 9:2 even though mankind didn't actually have total and complete authority over the earth anymore, He still had some authority, the animals still had to respect Noah as authority. As a matter of fact, the animals are fearful of Noah. God also talked to Noah and his sons about their diet and vegetable is what food they need to eat. However, God knew that He destroyed the earth with the flood and there was probably not a lot of vegetables left. So I believe that God felt it was okay to eat meat as long as it was not a living animal. Next God set up a rule, in the rule if any human being kill a human being that person will be killed. If an wild animal kills an human being that wild animal will also die. God established his covenant with Noah his family and the animals who were in the boat with him. He promised to never again flood the land. As a sign of his covenant the rainbow will be in the clouds. I don't know why do the Homosexual community take something as sacred as God's rainbow that is an reminder of God's covenant with mankind and man and use it for their symbol. I think that they need to be educated on the significance of the rainbow.

 After Noah, his son's and their wives got out of the boat Noah began to cultivate the ground and planted a vineyard. Noah drank some wine that he made and became drunk and stretched out naked in his tent. Noah was the first drunk man from an alcoholic substance. When Ham saw his father naked, he went and told his brothers that his father was drunk and naked. Ham was the first gossiper because He gossiped about his father. Shem and Japheth took a robe into the tent and put it on Noah's body without seeing his nakedness. When Noah found out what happened he spoke a curse upon Canaan which are the descendants of Ham. He also said that Canaan would be the lowest out of all the servants to the relatives. Noah also pronounced a blessing over Shem and Japheth.

Genesis 9:1-29

1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 

5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. 

6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 

9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; 

10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. 

11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 

13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 

14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall 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 shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 

16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 

17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: 

21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 

22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 

26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 

29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.