Genesis 9:10
in Genesis 9and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Genesis 9
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Then God said to Noah and his sons with him
on Genesis 9:8-11
The word covenant first enters the Bible at 6:18, spoken to this same man. Here it is established on the far side of the water, and it runs one way: God binds Himself and asks nothing back. The promise is exact: no flood will destroy the earth again.
This site's exposition
and with every living creature
The beasts stand inside the covenant as parties to it, beside Noah and his descendants. Adam Clarke drew from verse 5 a warning against cruelty to every living creature. Hosea 2:18 makes a covenant with the beasts again.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
God's purpose, therefore, was to eliminate all apprehension from Noah's thinking and for him to be quite assured that this would not happen again. He said, remember, "Just as I brought on the deluge out of love, so as to put a stop to their wickedness and prevent their going to further extremes, so in this case too it is out of my love that I promise never to do it again, so that you may live free of all dread and in this way see your present life to its close." Hence he said, "Behold, I make my covenant," that is, I form an agreement. Just as in human affairs when someone makes a promise he forms an agreement and gives a firm guarantee, so too the good Lord said, "Behold, I make my covenant." God did not say that this massive disaster might come again to those who sin. Rather he said, "Behold, I make my covenant with you and your offspring after you." See the Lord's loving kindness: not only with your generation, he says, do I form my agreement, but also in regard to all those coming after you I give this firm guarantee.
And his Lord spoke to [Noah], as he desired that Noah hear, "Because of your righteousness, a remnant was preserved and did not perish in that flood that took place.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
I that am faithful and able to make it good." 3. That God's covenants are established more firmly than the pillars of heaven or the foundations of the earth, and cannot be disannulled. That God's covenants are made with the covenanters and with their seed; the promise is to them and their children.
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The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֨ת | veet | and with | H854 → | 929 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| נֶ֤פֶשׁ | nefesh | creature | H5315 → | 754 times |
| הַֽחַיָּה֙ | hachaiyah | <the> living | H2416 → | 498 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אִתְּכֶ֔ם | ʾitekhem | [is] with you | H854 → | 929 times |
| בָּע֧וֹף | baof | among the bird[s] | H5775 → | 71 times |
| בַּבְּהֵמָ֛ה | babehemah | among the livestock | H929 → | 190 times |
| וּֽבְכָל־ | uvekhol- | and among every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חַיַּ֥ת | chaiyat | <the> animal of | H2416 → | 498 times |
| הָאָ֖רֶץ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אִתְּכֶ֑ם | ʾitekhem | with you | H854 → | 929 times |
| מִכֹּל֙ | mikol | from all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יֹצְאֵ֣י | yotzeei | [those which] came out of | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| הַתֵּבָ֔ה | hatevah | the ark | H8392 → | 28 times |
| לְכֹ֖ל | lekhol | to every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חַיַּ֥ת | chaiyat | <the> animal of | H2416 → | 498 times |
| הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
וְאֵ֨תand with
veetH854 →929 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
נֶ֤פֶשׁcreature
nefeshH5315 →754 times
הַֽחַיָּה֙<the> living
hachaiyahH2416 →498 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אִתְּכֶ֔ם[is] with you
ʾitekhemH854 →929 times
בָּע֧וֹףamong the bird[s]
baofH5775 →71 times
בַּבְּהֵמָ֛הamong the livestock
babehemahH929 →190 times
וּֽבְכָל־and among every
uvekhol-H3605 →5413 times
חַיַּ֥ת<the> animal of
chaiyatH2416 →498 times
הָאָ֖רֶץthe earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אִתְּכֶ֑םwith you
ʾitekhemH854 →929 times
מִכֹּל֙from all
mikolH3605 →5413 times
יֹצְאֵ֣י[those which] came out of
yotzeeiH3318 →1067 times
הַתֵּבָ֔הthe ark
hatevahH8392 →28 times
לְכֹ֖לto every
lekholH3605 →5413 times
חַיַּ֥ת<the> animal of
chaiyatH2416 →498 times
הָאָֽרֶץ׃the earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 8:1But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
it leads to
- Genesis 30:22
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
- Genesis 19:29
So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
- Psalms 136:23
He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
- Exodus 2:24
So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- 1 Samuel 1:19
The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered…
- Genesis 30:22
Through
Psalms 145:9The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
it leads to
- Nahum 1:7
The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of distress; He cares for those who trust in Him.
- Psalms 100:5
For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
- Matthew 5:45
that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
- Nahum 1:7
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About Genesis
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 6.13.2; John Calvin, Commentary on Genesis; John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON GENESIS 28.4; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.