Genesis 9
King James Version · 29 verses · 402 cross-references linking it to 205 other chapters
Explore Genesis 9 in the interactive map- 1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.28 cross-references: Genesis 9:7, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 8:17, Genesis 1:22, Psalms 128:3–4
- 2And 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.17 cross-references: Psalms 8:4–8, James 3:7, Genesis 1:28, Ezekiel 34:25, Job 5:22–23
- 3Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.22 cross-references: Romans 14:14, Colossians 2:21–22, Deuteronomy 12:15, 1 Timothy 4:3–5, 1 Corinthians 10:31
- 4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.26 cross-references: Deuteronomy 12:23, Deuteronomy 15:23, Deuteronomy 12:16, Acts 15:20, Leviticus 7:26
- 5And 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.39 cross-references: Exodus 21:28–29, Exodus 21:12, Genesis 4:9–10, Psalms 9:12, Leviticus 19:16
- 6Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.39 cross-references: Leviticus 24:17, Matthew 26:52, Revelation 13:10, Numbers 35:33, Genesis 1:26–27
- 7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.13 cross-references: Genesis 1:28, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 8:17
- 8And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
- 9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;19 cross-references: Genesis 6:18, Isaiah 54:9–10, Genesis 17:7–8, Romans 1:3, Genesis 9:17
- 10And 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.7 cross-references: Genesis 8:1, Psalms 145:9, Job 38:1–41, Psalms 36:5–6, Jonah 4:11
- 11And 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.11 cross-references: Isaiah 54:9, Genesis 8:21–22, Genesis 7:21–23, 2 Peter 3:11, 2 Peter 3:7
- 12And 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:9 cross-references: Genesis 17:11, Matthew 26:26–28, 1 Corinthians 11:23–25, Exodus 12:13, Exodus 13:16
- 13I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.10 cross-references: Ezekiel 1:28, Revelation 10:1, Revelation 4:3
- 14And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
- 15And 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.15 cross-references: Deuteronomy 7:9, Ezekiel 16:60, Isaiah 54:8–10, Exodus 28:12, Psalms 106:45
- 16And 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.14 cross-references: Jeremiah 32:40, Isaiah 54:8–10, 2 Samuel 23:5, Genesis 17:19, Genesis 17:13
- 17And 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.
- 18And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.9 cross-references: Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:6, Genesis 9:25–27, Genesis 9:23, 1 Chronicles 1:4
- 19These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.10 cross-references: Genesis 5:32, Genesis 8:17, 1 Chronicles 1:4–28, Genesis 10:2–32
- 20And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:17 cross-references: Deuteronomy 28:30, Genesis 4:2, Proverbs 24:30, Genesis 3:18–19, Isaiah 28:24–26
- 21And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.19 cross-references: Habakkuk 2:15–16, Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 23:31–32, Titus 2:2, Galatians 5:21
- 22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.23 cross-references: Proverbs 30:17, Galatians 6:1, Matthew 18:15, 1 Corinthians 13:6, Psalms 40:15
- 23And 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.10 cross-references: Galatians 6:1, Exodus 20:12, 1 Timothy 5:1, 1 Peter 2:17, 1 Peter 4:8
- 24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
- 25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.28 cross-references: Deuteronomy 27:16, Joshua 9:23, John 8:34, Judges 1:28–30, 1 Kings 9:20–21
- 26And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.16 cross-references: Psalms 144:15, Genesis 12:1–3, Luke 3:23–36, Genesis 10:10–26, Genesis 27:37
- 27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.14 cross-references: Romans 11:12, Romans 15:12, Hebrews 11:9–10, Ephesians 2:13–14, Ephesians 3:6
- 28And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
- 29And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.8 cross-references: Genesis 5:32, Genesis 5:27, Psalms 90:10, Genesis 11:11–25, Genesis 5:5
Explained connections
- The rainbow around the throne
After the flood God sets his bow in the clouds as a sign he will never again destroy the earth by flood. In John's vision a rainbow encircles God's throne — judgement is surrounded by covenant mercy.
- As I swore in Noah's day
God covenants never again to flood the earth. Isaiah cites that oath to assure exiled Israel that God's anger will not last: his covenant of peace will not be removed.
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People in Genesis 9
Noah, God, Canaan, Shem, Japheth, Ham
Hard questions about Genesis 9
- May every kind of animal be eaten?
- If whoever sheds man’s blood must die, why was the murderer Cain protected?
- Do all animals fear people, when the lion turns aside for none?
- Does the Bible approve of slavery?
- Was Ham or Japheth Noah’s youngest son?
- Did God promise never again to curse the ground, or does he still threaten to strike the earth with a curse?