John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 9:7
Gen 9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. Ver. 7. Be fruitful. ] See Trapp on " Gen 1:28 " read more
Gen 9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. Ver. 7. Be fruitful. ] See Trapp on " Gen 1:28 " read more
Gen 9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, Ver. 8. And God spake. ] See Trapp on Gen 9:9 " See Trapp on Gen 9:10 " read more
Gen 9:9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; Ver. 9. And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you. ] This covenant God had made with them before the flood; but here he renews it for their further confirmation: for he knows our infirmities, and therefore seals again. This covenant is said to be made with an oath, Isa 54:9 yet we find no such thing here expressed, because God’s bare word is as sure as an oath. So God is said to have sworn to Abraham,... read more
Gen 9:10 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. Ver. 10. And with every living creature, &c. ] Note this against Anabaptists, who exclude infants, for that they want the use of reason. And yet that was but a foolish reason of the canonist, that infants are therefore to be baptized, because the disciples brought to our Saviour, not the ass only, but... read more
Gen 9:11 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. Ver. 11. Neither shall all flesh be cut off. ] See Trapp on " Isa 54:9 " See Trapp on " Isa 54:10 " read more
Gen 9:12 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: Ver. 12. This is the token of the covenant, &c. ] See here the antiquity of confirming men’s faith, by outward signs, as by the two trees in Paradise: and here the word and sacrament go together. And as God, in Noah, made a covenant with his posterity also, and confirmed it with a sign, so doth he in Christ with the Church, and... read more
Gen 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. Ver. 13. I do set my bow in the cloud, &c. ] There it was before, but not till now as a token of the covenant; as still it is applied for a sign of grace from God to his Church. Revelation 4:3 ; Rev 10:1 Eze 1:28 It is planted in the clouds, as if man were shooting at God, and not God at man. This bow with both ends downward, and back to heaven, must needs be an emblem of mercy;... read more
Gen 9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: Ver. 14. The bow shall be seen in the cloud. ] In this heaven-bow, there are many wonders: first, the beautiful shape and various colours; in which respect Plato thinks the poets feign Iris, or the rainbow, to be the daughter of Thaumas, or admiration. The waterish colours therein signify (say some) the former overthrow of the world by water. The fiery colours, the future judgment... read more
Gen 9:15 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. Gen 9:16 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. Ver. 15,16. I will remember. ] That is, I will make you to know and remember by this visible monitor. “ Segnius irritant animum... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 9:6
Gen 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. Ver. 6. Whoso sheddeth man’s blood.] Some are of the opinion, that before the flood, the punishment of murder and other capital crimes, was only excommunication and exclusion from the Church and their father’s family. And that now first, God made murder to be a matter of death. The firstborn had power, at first, over their own families, to bless, curse, cast out, disinherit, yea, and punish... read more