Focused Passage

Genesis 9:1-7

God Blesses Noah, Establishes His Covenant, and Displays Both Common Grace and Ongoing Human Sin

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1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

2The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.

3Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

4But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

5And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

6Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

7But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

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Verse 1

Original words

And Godאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430Noun - masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markerblessedוַיְבָ֣רֶךְH1288Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularNoahנֹ֖חַH5146Noun - proper - masculine singular-וְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerand his sonsבָּנָ֑יוH1121Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularand saidוַיֹּ֧אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularto themלָהֶ֛םPreposition | third person masculine pluralBe fruitfulפְּר֥וּH6509Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluraland multiplyוּרְב֖וּH7235Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluraland fillוּמִלְא֥וּH4390Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776Article | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 2

Original words

The fearוּמוֹרַאֲכֶ֤םH4172Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine pluraland dread of youוְחִתְּכֶם֙H2844Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine pluralwill fallיִֽהְיֶ֔הH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularonעַ֚לH5921Prepositioneveryכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructliving creatureחַיַּ֣תH2416Noun - feminine singular constructon the earthהָאָ֔רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singular. . .וְעַ֖לH5921Conjunctive waw | Prepositioneveryכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructbirdע֣וֹףH5775Noun - masculine singular constructof the airהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםH8064Article | Noun - masculine pluraleveryבְּכֹל֩H3605Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singularcreature thatאֲשֶׁ֨רH834Pronoun - relativecrawlsתִּרְמֹ֧שׂH7430Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularon the groundהָֽאֲדָמָ֛הH127Article | Noun - feminine singularand allוּֽבְכָל־H3605Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructthe fishדְּגֵ֥יH1709Noun - masculine plural constructof the seaהַיָּ֖םH3220Article | Noun - masculine singularThey are deliveredנִתָּֽנוּ׃H5414Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common pluralinto your handבְּיֶדְכֶ֥םH3027Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Verse 3

Original words

Everythingכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthat livesחַ֔יH2416Noun - masculine singular[and] movesרֶ֙מֶשׂ֙H7431Noun - masculine singular-אֲשֶׁ֣רH834Pronoun - relative-הוּא־H1931Pronoun - third person masculine singularwill beיִהְיֶ֖הH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularfoodלְאָכְלָ֑הH402Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularfor youלָכֶ֥םPreposition | second person masculine pluraljust as I gave you the greenכְּיֶ֣רֶקH3418Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singularplantsעֵ֔שֶׂבH6212Noun - masculine singularI now giveנָתַ֥תִּיH5414Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularyouלָכֶ֖םPreposition | second person masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markerall thingsכֹּֽל׃H3605Noun - masculine singular
Verse 4

Original words

Butאַךְ־H389Adverbyou must notלֹ֥אH3808Adverb - Negative particleeatתֹאכֵֽלוּ׃H398Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralmeatבָּשָׂ֕רH1320Noun - masculine singularwith its lifebloodבְּנַפְשׁ֥וֹH5315Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular[still] in itדָמ֖וֹH1818Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 5

Original words

And surelyוְאַ֨ךְH389Conjunctive waw | Adverb-אֶת־H853Direct object markerI will requireאֶדְרֹ֔שׁH1875Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular. . .מִיַּ֥דH3027Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular constructthe life of anyכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructmanהָֽאָדָ֗םH120Article | Noun - masculine singularor beastחַיָּ֖הH2416Noun - feminine singular-אֶדְרְשֶׁ֑נּוּH1875Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular-וּמִיַּ֣דH3027Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular constructby whose handמִיַּד֙H3027Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular constructyour lifeblood [is shed]לְנַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם֙H5315Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural. . .דִּמְכֶ֤םH1818Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine pluralI will demand an accountingאֶדְרֹ֖שׁH1875Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerfrom anyoneהָֽאָדָֽם׃H120Article | Noun - masculine singular[who takes] the lifeנֶ֥פֶשׁH5315Noun - feminine singular constructof his fellow manאִ֣ישׁH376Noun - masculine singular construct. . .אָחִ֔יוH251Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 6

Original words

Whoever shedsשֹׁפֵךְ֙H8210Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular constructthe bloodדַּ֣םH1818Noun - masculine singular constructof manהָֽאָדָ֔םH120Article | Noun - masculine singularby manבָּֽאָדָ֖םH120Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularhis bloodדָּמ֣וֹH1818Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularwill be shedיִשָּׁפֵ֑ךְH8210Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularforכִּ֚יH3588Conjunctionin His ownאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430Noun - masculine pluralimageבְּצֶ֣לֶםH6754Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructGod has madeעָשָׂ֖הH6213Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markermankindהָאָדָֽם׃H120Article | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 7

Original words

But as for youוְאַתֶּ֖םH859Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine pluralbe fruitfulפְּר֣וּH6509Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluraland multiplyוּרְב֑וּH7235Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralspread outשִׁרְצ֥וּH8317Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralacross the earthבָאָ֖רֶץH776Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularand multiplyוּרְבוּ־H7235Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralupon itבָֽהּ׃סPreposition | third person feminine singular

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