Genesis 7, 8, 9

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• Reading the Text:
  • NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
  • The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
  • The Blue Letter Bible's interlinear Hebrew text.  7:1-5, 11-18; 8:6-18; 9:8-13. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
  • The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons: Genesis 7; Genesis 8; Genesis 9.
  • Bereshit 7: Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS.
  • Bereshit 8: Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS.
  • Bereshit 9: Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS.
• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary and Divrei Torah.
  • Chapter VII of The First Epistle to the Corinthians, Clement of Rome (ca. 96).

  • Chapter CXXVII, Dialogue With Trypho, Justin Martyr. (c 160)

  • IV.XVI.1, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)

  • Chapter II, Adversus Judaeos, Tertullian (c. 198)

  • III.4, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
  • Exegetical Fragments, (Scroll down to SECTIONS II., III.) (pseudo?-) Hippolytus (c 210).

  • Chapter XXXVIII, On the Soul, Tertullian (c 210)

  • VI.7, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen], Origen. (c.230)

  • Book I, Chapter 4, Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320).

  • Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org: Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9.

  • From Calvin's Commentary on Genesis: Genesis 7; Genesis 8; Genesis 9.

  • From the Geneva Notes: Genesis 7; Genesis 8; Genesis 9.
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary: Genesis 7; Genesis 8; Genesis 9.
  • From Wesley's Notes: Genesis 7; Genesis 8; Genesis 9.
  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871): Genesis 7; Genesis 8; Genesis 9.
• Contemporary References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • Commentary, Genesis 9:8-17, Terence D. Fretheim, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
    • "What does it mean for God to give an eternal promise to every creature, including the animals, the birds, and the earth?"
  • Genesis 9:8-17, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series B, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
  • Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
  • "The Environment," Resources for Prophetic Worship, Speaking to North Carolina Justice Issues, North Carolina Council of Churches.
  • Genesis 9:8-17, Lent 1B, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
    • "As we begin to prepare for the coming of Easter and its remembrance of the death and resurrection of Jesus, we remember the effect of sin on all creation and we look for the redemption of all that God has created – plants, animals, and humans as well as the planet itself, not to mention the universe."
  • "After the Flood," Blogging toward Sunday, Ken Carter, Theolog: The Blog of The Christian Century, 2009.
    • "The creation is laid waste, but then comes the hope of an everlasting covenant."
  • Desert Scribblings, Genesis 9:8-17, Geoff McElroy.
    • "God remembers, God is faithful, and God continues to be in covenant, to be in relationship with us."
  • Commentary, Genesis 9:18-28, Frank Thomas, The African American Lectionary, 2008.
    • "African American preachers have combated the Ham Doctrine for several hundred years, including preachers and activists such as David Walker, Nat Turner, Bishop Henry McNeil Turner, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman."
  • "When God Was Green: The Original Eco-Covenant," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation.
    • "The scale and scope of the Noahic covenant is as comprehensive and universal as the strained efforts of the writer can describe it. God's covenant extended not only to Noah, his family, and his descendants, but to 'all life on earth,' 'all living creatures of every kind,' and even more remarkably to "the earth" itself (Genesis 9:13, 15, 17). God's original eco-covenant extends throughout all time to all space."
  • Genesis 9:8-17, Lent 1B, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
  • "Noah's Covenant," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
  • "Haftarah for the Rainbow Covenant," Rabbi Arthur Waskow, The Shalom Center, 2003.
  • "TEVA: The Ark and the Word that Heal Us from the Flood," Rabbi Arthur Waskow, The Shalom Center.
    • "Teva, the word for the Ark that saved the future from the Flood, is also the word for "word." As Noah could not simply contemplate the Teva/Ark but had to enter it to save the creatures, so we have been taught — by the Baal Shem Tov, for instance — that we cannot simply mouth a Teva/word of prayer, but must ourselves go deep within it, to save and heal ourselves."
  • "The Flood," Rabbi Arthur Waskow, The Shalom Center.
  • "When Bad Things Happen to Bad People," Rabbi Jane Rachel Litman. Torah Commentary at BeliefNet.
    • "Contemplating the destruction of an entire civilization is disturbing, and so it should be."
  • "The Flood," from the Biblical Studies Foundation.
    • "The difference between Noah and those who perished was their response to God’s grace. Those who perished interpreted God’s grace as divine indifference. They concluded that God neither cared nor troubled Himself at the occasion of men’s sin."
  • "The Noahic Covenant: A New Beginning," from the Biblical Studies Foundation.
    • "The New Covenant, like the Noahic, was initiated by God, and it was accomplished by Him. While all flesh have benefited from the common grace of God promised in the Noahic Covenant, only those who are ‘in Christ’ benefit from the blessings of the New Covenant."
  • Parshah Noach, text, commentary & articles from Chassidic Masters, sermons, etc from Chabad Lubavitch.
  • Parshas Noach, Divrei Torah from The Project Genesis Torah Study. Index to numerous Orthodox articles and studies on Genesis 6:9 - 11:32.
  • Parshat Noach, articles and commentary by the Jewish Community of Atlanta, at The Torah From Dixie.
• Articles & Background:
  • "Original Dishonor: Noah's Curse and the Southern Defense of Slavery," Stephen R. Haynes, Journal of Southern Religion, 2000.
    • "While it is widely acknowledged that the so-called curse of Ham was the religious rationale for slavery utilized most often by antebellum southerners, scholarship has failed to penetrate the depths of the curse’s American reception."
  • "An Overlooked Message: The Critique of Kings and Affirmation of Equality in the Primeval History," Robert K. Gnuse, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2006.
    • "Kings who receive the strident barbs of the author include not only Mesopotamian rulers, but also, by implication, the rulers of Israel and Judah, who likewise abused their powers. This exilic critique of kings is also, in turn, part of the great biblical message affirming human equality and dignity, and it speaks a powerful egalitarian word to any age."
  • "The Theology of the Flood Narrative," David J.A. Clines, On the Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays 1967-1998.
    • "Like the other narratives in the 'primaeval history' (Gen. 1­11), the Flood narrative (Gen. 6­9) displays a pattern of sin, judgment and mitigation of the penalty."
  • "Blood and Stone: Violence in the Bible & the Eye of the Illustrator," Barry Moser, CrossCurrents, Summer 2001.
    • "...always, cohort and companion in these mythic or sacred stories, there is the preponderance, the vehemence, of violence."
  • "Ballard and the Black Sea: The Search For Noah's Flood," National Geographic.
  • "Like Noah, Like Utnapishtim: Dispatching Birds in Ancient Times," Jewish Heritage Online Monthly, 2000.
    • "The bird-dispatching episode, which makes its appearance repeatedly in numerous ancient flood myths, derives from the practice of mariners in ancient times to take shore-sighting birds aboard and to release them in order to determine their proximity to land"
  • "Current Critical Questions Concerning the 'Curse of Ham': Genesis 9:20-27," O Palmer Robertson, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1998.
  • "Into the Ark, a Modern Poem" by Wislawa Szymborska. From Jewish Heritage Online Magazine's Topic of the Month: Rain.
  • Noah: Unsunk and Drunk as a Skunk, from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible, by Ronald L. Ecker.
  • Satan and Noah planted a vineyard, Jewish Heritage Online Monthly.
    • The origin of viticulture according to the midrash
  • "Apocalypse," program highlights, discussion & reflection questions and more from the Bill Moyers PBS series Genesis: A Living Conversation.
    • "Was Noah a bystander -- someone who stood by and did nothing to help others -- or a survivor -- someone who suffered but managed to live? Or is he both? Or neither?"
  • Shem: The First of the Semites, from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible, by Ronald L. Ecker.
  • "The Seven Commandments of the Sons of Noah," Moshe Greenberg, in Jewish Heritage Online Monthly's Topic of the Month, "Seven."
    • "Thus, not only are all humans as Adamites a single family, precious in God's sight, but by observance of the universal moral laws laid upon the Noahites they may be perfectly reconciled with God and enjoy the ultimate bliss."
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  • Bergsma, John Sietze, and Scott Walker Hahn, "Noah's Nakedness and the Curse of Canaan (Genesis 9:20-27)," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2005.
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  • Calhoun, David B., "Climbing Rainbows: A Sermon Based on Genesis 9:8-16," Presbyterion, 1994.
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  • Cohn, Robert L., "Negotiating (with) the Natives: Ancestors and Identity in Genesis," Harvard Theological Review, 2003.
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  • Copenhaver, Martin B., "Starting Over," The Christian Century, 2006.
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  • Fretheim, Terence E., "The God of the Flood Story and Natural Disasters," Calvin Theological Journal, 2008.
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  • Gnuse, Robert Karl, "A Process Theological Interpretation of the Primeval History in Genesis 2-11," Horizons, 2002.
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  • Landy, Francis, "Noah's Ark and Mrs. Monkey," Biblical Interpretation, 2007.
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  • Mason, Steven D., "Another Flood? Genesis 9 and Isaiah's Broken Eternal Covenant," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2007.
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  • Míguez Bonino, José, "A Covenant of Life: A Meditation on Genesis 9:1-17," Ecumenical Review, 1981.
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  • Moser, Barry, "Blood and Stone: Violence in the Bible & the Eye of the Illustrator," Cross Currents, 2001.
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  • Robertson, O. Palmer, "Current Critical Questions Concerning the 'Curse of Ham': Genesis 9:20-27," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1998.
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  • Sadler, Rodney, "Can a Cushite Change His Skin? Cushites, Racial Othering, and the Hebrew Bible," Interpretation, 2006.
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  • Shaviv, Samuel, "The Polytheistic Origins of the Biblical Flood Narrative," Vetus Testamentum, 2004.
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  • Sparks, Kenton L., "Enūma Elish and Priestly Mimesis: Elite Emulation in Nascent Judaism," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2007.
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  • Towner, Sibley W., "Genesis 9:8-17, Between Text & Sermon," Interpretation, 2009.
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  • Turner, Laurence A., "The Rainbow as the Sign of the Covenant in Genesis 9:11-13," Vetus Testamentum, 1993.
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  • Van Wolde, Ellen, "A Text-Semantic Study of the Hebrew Bible, Illustrated with Noah and Job," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1994.
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  • Willson, Patrick J., "Sailing Home," The Christian Century, 1994.
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• Reviews:
  • Review: Stephen R. Haynes, Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery. Oxford University Press, 2002. Review by Dexter D. Callender in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
• Sermons:
• With Children:
  • "Noah's Ark," "A Rainbow Promise," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
  • "Noah's Ark: The Great Flood," "Noah's Ark: Rainbows & Promises," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
  • "Rain! Rain! Rain!" Linda Edwards, The Children's Chapel.
  • "The Rainbow Is God's Promise to Noah," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
  • "God's Covenant," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
  • "Crossword on Genesis 7," "Word Search on Genesis 8," Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
  • On Noah's Ark Coloring Mural, Jan Brett.
  • "Noah and the Great Flood," online computer java-based coloring pages from Grace Baptist Church of Feeding Hill.
  • Genesis 9:13, memory verse activity, MSSS Crafts and Resources for Bible Stories.
• Drama:
  • "Seniors Day Drama" monologue, Ross Olson.
• Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
  • Clip Art, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
  • Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
  • Commercial Site: "Genesis 9," video, The Work of the People.
  • Go Forth, Reverend Fun Cartoon, gospelcom.net. Check for printing permissions at right-hand side of destination page.
  • Troubled Waters, Family Trip, After Eden Cartoons, Dan Lietha, Answers in Genesis.
• Hymns and Music:
  • Hymns, midi files, scores at Blue Letter Bible/Cyber Hymnal:
    • Welcome for Me (Genesis 8:10-11)
    • They'll Soon Be O'er (Genesis 9:13)
  • At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
    • Lord of All, Throned Afar
• Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
  • Noah (Ark, Rainbow, etc)
• Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
  • Covenant
  • Noah/Flood
• Study links and resources for the Book of Genesis