QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
GENESIS 9
Genesis 9:1
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.
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Why does God not say specifically that Noah would rule over all living things, as he had with Adam and Eve in Genesis 1?
Why does God not say specifically that Noah would rule over all living things, as he had with Adam and Eve in Genesis 1?
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Genesis 9:3
Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
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Why does God allow man to go from being a vegetarian to meat eaters after the flood?
Why does God allow man to go from being a vegetarian to meat eaters after the flood?
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Why does God specify man can eat anything that “lives and moves about”, is there a restriction there?
Why does God specify man can eat anything that “lives and moves about”, is there a restriction there?
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Genesis 9:5
And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.
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What is meant by “demand an accounting?”
What is meant by “demand an accounting?”
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Genesis 9:8
Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him:
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Why is God speaking to both Noah and his sons in Genesis 9, when he only spoke to Adam in Genesis 1?
Why is God speaking to both Noah and his sons in Genesis 9, when he only spoke to Adam in Genesis 1?
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Genesis 9:13
I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
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What is the significance of God using clouds and a rainbow as his sign of the covenant?
What is the significance of God using clouds and a rainbow as his sign of the covenant?
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Genesis 9:22
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.
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Is there meaning behind ham being the first to discover his father naked in his tent?
Is there meaning behind ham being the first to discover his father naked in his tent?
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Why did Ham tell his brothers, rather than simply covering him up?
Why did Ham tell his brothers, rather than simply covering him up?
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Genesis 9:24
When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him,
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Is there any symbolism and/or meaning in the fact that Cain and Ham were both first born to Adam and Noah, and they were also the first of 3 sons of each recorded?
Is there any symbolism and/or meaning in the fact that Cain and Ham were both first born to Adam and Noah, and they were also the first of 3 sons of each recorded?
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Genesis 9:25
he said,
“Cursed be Canaan!
The lowest of slaves
will he be to his brothers.”
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Why is Ham’s son cursed by God, and not Ham directly? And also why not Ham’s other sons; Canaan’s brothers?
Why is Ham’s son cursed by God, and not Ham directly? And also why not Ham’s other sons; Canaan’s brothers?
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Genesis 9:29
Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
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Why is Noah the last individual in the Bible to live that long?
Why is Noah the last individual in the Bible to live that long?
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