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Genesis 9:1

Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And God blessed Noah and his sons,.... With temporal blessings, not spiritual ones; for though some of them were blessed with such, yet not all, particularly Ham:

and said unto them, be fruitful and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 9:1-7

- The Blessing of Noah 2. מורא môrā', “fear, reverence, awful deed.” חת chat, “dread, breaking of the courage.” Noah is saved from the deluge. His life is twice given to him by God. He had found…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

God blessed Noah - Even the increase of families, which appears to depend on merely natural means, and sometimes fortuitous circumstances, is all of God. It is by his power and wisdom that the human…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 9:1-7

We read, in the close of the foregoing chapter, the very kind things which God said in his heart, concerning the remnant of mankind which was now left to be the seed of a new world. Now here we have…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And God blessed, &c. The substance of this verse is a repetition of Gen 1:28. Another chapter in history is begun. As in chap. 1, after the Creation, a single pair confronted the whole earth and its…