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Translation: ESV

1

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

Key Message

God begins a new creation after judgment, and that beginning is always a declaration of blessing.

▸God's first words after the flood repeat verbatim the creation mandate of Genesis 1:28.

God's first words after the flood repeat verbatim the creation mandate of Genesis 1:28. This means that the new beginning after the flood is a repetition of creation, and Noah and his descendants are given the role of a new Adam. The fact that the very first thing given after judgment ends is a blessing shows that God's character desires blessing more than judgment. At every new beginning, God starts with a declaration of blessing.

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And God blessed them. And God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.'Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
3

Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.

Key Message

God realistically accommodates human need within the changed world order while simultaneously providing boundaries that respect life.

▸At creation, only plant-based food was permitted for humanity (Gen 1:29), but after the flood, animals are now permitted as food.

6

Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.

Key Message

The absolute value of human life is grounded in the image of God; this is the biblical foundation for all life ethics.

▸The principle of punishment for murder is stated explicitly for the first time.

9

Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you,

Key Message

God's covenant extends beyond the individual to encompass descendants and all creation — this is the comprehensiveness of covenant theology.

▸God makes a covenant not only with Noah but also with his descendants.

13

I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

Key Message

The rainbow is the eternal sign of the covenant in which God lays down the bow of judgment and promises grace and peace.

▸The rainbow is given as the sign of the covenant between God and the world.

16

When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.

Key Message

The faithfulness of the covenant depends not on human memory but on God's memory; God never forgets the everlasting covenant he has established.

▸The one who sees the rainbow is not humanity but God.

20

Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.

Key Message

Even the saved retain human weakness; this points toward the necessity of Christ as a more perfect Savior.

▸After the flood, Noah appears as a farmer who plants a vineyard.