Genesis 9:1-17

Genesis 9:1-17

[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;  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. 

What does Genesis 9:1-17 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Following the Flood, God established human life anew on the earth showing His high regard for it. He promised to bless humanity with faithfulness, and He prohibited murder. He also promised with a sign that He would not destroy His creation again with a flood.
"The Noahic covenant"s common allusions to Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3 show that Noah is the second Adam who heads the new family of humanity, indicating that the blessing continues through the progeny of the Sethite line. Also Genesis 8:20 to Genesis 9:17 possesses lexical and thematic connections with the ratification of the Sinai covenant by Moses and the elders ( Exodus 24:4-18)." [1]