Genesis 9:8

And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

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Interpretation

As the old world was ruined, to be a monument of justice, so this world remains to this day a monument of mercy. But sin, that drowned the old world, will burn this.

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This thought runs through Genesis 9:8-11.

Genesis 9:8 Genesis 9:9 Genesis 9:10 Genesis 9:11

Glossary

Noah Person: Rest, (Heb. Noah) the grandson of Methuselah ( Gen. 5:25-29 ), who was for two hundred and fifty years contemporary with Adam, and the son of Lamech, who was about fifty years old at the time of Adam’s death.