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Gênesis 9 abre com “And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and…”, muda perto do versículo 15 com “And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature…” e termina com “And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.”. Esses pontos traçam o movimento próprio do capítulo, da abertura à conclusão.
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Gênesis · Versão King James · 29Gênesis 9:1-8
Versículos 1–8: God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and…
Gênesis 9:1–8 abre com “And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish…” e chega a “And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve O juízo cai sobre um mundo cheio de violência, mas Noé, sua família e os animais da arca atravessam as águas rumo a uma aliança renovada.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.” Nomear Noah mantém o relato ligado a pessoas ou lugares concretos. Acompanhe onde o nome retorna e o que muda ao redor dele.
“Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.” A ordem não pode ser entendida apenas pelo verbo. O destinatário, o propósito e seu lugar na aliança ou argumento definem a responsabilidade.
Gênesis 9:1-8
Versão King James1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
3Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
6Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
8And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
Gênesis 9:9-16
Versículos 9–16: I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after…
Gênesis 9:9–16 abre com “And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;” e chega a “And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting…” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve O juízo cai sobre um mundo cheio de violência, mas Noé, sua família e os animais da arca atravessam as águas rumo a uma aliança renovada.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;” A linguagem de promessa, bênção ou aliança precisa de seu destinatário e alcance. Esses detalhes impedem que uma palavra pessoal da história seja separada do contexto.
“And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood…” A linguagem de promessa, bênção ou aliança precisa de seu destinatário e alcance. Esses detalhes impedem que uma palavra pessoal da história seja separada do contexto.
“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.” A linguagem de promessa, bênção ou aliança precisa de seu destinatário e alcance. Esses detalhes impedem que uma palavra pessoal da história seja separada do contexto.
Gênesis 9:9-16
Versão King James9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
11And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
14And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
15And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Gênesis 9:17-24
Versículos 17–24: God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have…
Gênesis 9:17–24 abre com “And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me…” e chega a “And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve O juízo cai sobre um mundo cheio de violência, mas Noé, sua família e os animais da arca atravessam as águas rumo a uma aliança renovada.
Contexto que dá vida à passagem
“And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is…” A linguagem de promessa, bênção ou aliança precisa de seu destinatário e alcance. Esses detalhes impedem que uma palavra pessoal da história seja separada do contexto.
“These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.” O número three torna o relato concreto. Antes de decidir seu peso, observe se mede tempo, pessoas, distância, repetição ou totalidade.
Gênesis 9:17-24
Versão King James17And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
18And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
19These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
20And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
21And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
23And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
Gênesis 9:25-29
Versículos 25–29: He said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his…
Gênesis 9:25–29 abre com “And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.” e chega a “And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.” no último versículo. Esse percurso desenvolve O juízo cai sobre um mundo cheio de violência, mas Noé, sua família e os animais da arca atravessam as águas rumo a uma aliança renovada.
Gênesis 9:25-29
Versão King James25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
28And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
Detalhes que merecem atenção
A imagem de abertura
Genesis 9:1 começa com “And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.”
Onde o capítulo muda
Genesis 9:4 forma uma mudança natural: “But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.”
A nota final
Genesis 9:29 deixa o leitor com “And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.”
Um caminho de palavras pelo capítulo
As palavras earth, Noah, covenant, flesh, Canaan, beast ajudam a revelar as preocupações repetidas do capítulo.
Primeiro o texto
Onde os leitores divergem
O resumo começa com o que a passagem diz e como suas partes se relacionam. Ele não presume que uma denominação já resolveu todas as questões. A dependência de uma tradição, teoria literária ou reconstrução histórica é claramente identificada.
O texto KJV aparece primeiro. As conclusões interpretativas são identificadas, e as diferenças surgem quando ajudam a explicar por que comunidades sérias nem sempre chegam à mesma resposta.
O dilúvio foi global ou regional?
A narrativa usa linguagem abrangente sobre a terra, os seres vivos e as águas sobre os montes. Uma leitura global entende esse alcance como mundial; uma leitura regional afirma que expressões universais podem descrever o mundo conhecido pela narrativa. Ambas precisam explicar os detalhes e as repetições de Gênesis 6 a 9.
Genesis 6:11-13 · Genesis 7:17-24 · Genesis 8:1-22 · Genesis 9:8-17 · Genesis 41:57
A maldição de Noé justifica o racismo?
Não. Gênesis 9:25 nomeia Canaã. O texto não amaldiçoa todos os descendentes de Cam, não menciona cor de pele e não autoriza um sistema racial de escravidão. O contexto mantém a dignidade humana fundamentada na imagem de Deus.
Genesis 9:6,18,25-27 · Genesis 10:6 · Genesis 1:27