Genesis 9 — Rabbi

Genesis 9:1

וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ

bârak

and — to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason) אֱלֹהִ֔ים

ʼĕlôhîym

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative אֶת

ʼêth

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) נֹ֖חַ

Nôach

Noach, the patriarch of the flood וְאֶת

ʼêth

and — properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) בָּנָ֑יו

bên

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) וַיֹּ֧אמֶר

ʼâmar

and — to say (used with great latitude) לָהֶ֛ם

le-

to/for them/their פְּר֥וּ

pârâh

to bear fruit (literally or figuratively) וּרְב֖וּ

râbâh

and — to increase (in whatever respect) וּמִלְא֥וּ

mâlêʼ

and — to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively) אֶת

ʼêth

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) הָאָֽרֶץ

ʼerets

the — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Genesis 9:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

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And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be

Structural Refrain

God repeats, word for word, the exact blessing given to the very first humans (1:28). After a judgment that wiped out nearly everyone, the w…fruitful

Structural Refrain

God repeats, word for word, the exact blessing given to the very first humans (1:28). After a judgment that wiped out nearly everyone, the w… and

Structural Refrain

God repeats, word for word, the exact blessing given to the very first humans (1:28). After a judgment that wiped out nearly everyone, the w…multiply

Structural Refrain

God repeats, word for word, the exact blessing given to the very first humans (1:28). After a judgment that wiped out nearly everyone, the w…, and fill the earth.

Rabbi's unlock

○Genesis 9:1New

Noah receiving the same "be fruitful and multiply" blessing given in Eden casts him, briefly, as a candidate for the promised "seed of the woman" who would undo the serpent's damage (Genesis 3:15). It doesn't last — a few verses later Noah gets drunk, ends up exposed, and the whole family drama repeats a version of Eden's shame. Genesis is being honest about its own hopes here: Noah advances the story toward its eventual deliverer without being that deliverer himself.

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The original "be fruitful and multiply" blessing given to the first humans — repeated here verbatim after the flood.

Genesis 9:1 · WEB

God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.

Genesis 1:28 · WEB

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

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Today's memory verse · from this session

“And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.”

Genesis 9:1

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