5. _The Beginning of the Beginning Again_ (Genesis 9:1-7): _The New World-Order._ (This last felicitous phrase is borrowed from Skinner, ICCG, 169). And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you s... [ Continue Reading ]
_6. The Rainbow Covenant_ (Genesis 9:8-17). 8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you;... [ Continue Reading ]
7. _Noah's Last Days_ (Genesis 9:18-28.) 18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. 19 These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth overspread. 20 And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vin... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) _Noah's Death_ (Genesis 9:28-29). Noah, we are told here, lived after the Flood three hundred and fifty years, His life terminated, when he was nine hundred and fifty years old, on the same tragic note that characterizes the family of man: an he died (Hebrews 9:27), It is interesting to note, i... [ Continue Reading ]