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Génesis 9 abre con “And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and…”, cambia cerca del versículo 15 con “And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature…” y termina con “And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.”. Estos puntos trazan el movimiento propio del capítulo desde su inicio hasta su conclusión.
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Génesis · Versión King James · 29Génesis 9:1-8
Versículos 1–8: God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and…
Génesis 9:1–8 abre con “And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish…” y llega a “And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla El juicio cae sobre un mundo lleno de violencia, pero Noé, su familia y los animales del arca atraviesan las aguas hacia un pacto renovado.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.” Nombrar a Noah mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.
“Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
Génesis 9:1-8
Versión 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,
Génesis 9:9-16
Versículos 9–16: I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after…
Génesis 9:9–16 abre con “And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;” y llega a “And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla El juicio cae sobre un mundo lleno de violencia, pero Noé, su familia y los animales del arca atraviesan las aguas hacia un pacto renovado.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;” El lenguaje de promesa, bendición o pacto necesita su destinatario y alcance. Esos detalles impiden separar del contexto una palabra personal de la historia.
“And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood…” El lenguaje de promesa, bendición o pacto necesita su destinatario y alcance. Esos detalles impiden separar del contexto una palabra personal de la historia.
“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.” El lenguaje de promesa, bendición o pacto necesita su destinatario y alcance. Esos detalles impiden separar del contexto una palabra personal de la historia.
Génesis 9:9-16
Versión 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.
Génesis 9:17-24
Versículos 17–24: God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have…
Génesis 9:17–24 abre con “And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me…” y llega a “And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla El juicio cae sobre un mundo lleno de violencia, pero Noé, su familia y los animales del arca atraviesan las aguas hacia un pacto renovado.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is…” El lenguaje de promesa, bendición o pacto necesita su destinatario y alcance. Esos detalles impiden separar del contexto una palabra personal de la historia.
“These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.” El número three hace concreto el relato. Antes de decidir su peso, observa si mide tiempo, personas, distancia, repetición o totalidad.
Génesis 9:17-24
Versión 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.
Génesis 9:25-29
Versículos 25–29: He said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his…
Génesis 9:25–29 abre con “And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.” y llega a “And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla El juicio cae sobre un mundo lleno de violencia, pero Noé, su familia y los animales del arca atraviesan las aguas hacia un pacto renovado.
Génesis 9:25-29
Versión 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.
Detalles que vale la pena notar
La imagen inicial
Genesis 9:1 comienza con “And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.”
Dónde cambia el capítulo
Genesis 9:4 forma un giro natural: “But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.”
La nota final
Genesis 9:29 deja al lector con “And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.”
Un recorrido de palabras por el capítulo
Las palabras earth, Noah, covenant, flesh, Canaan, beast ayudan a revelar las preocupaciones que se repiten en el capítulo.
Primero el texto
Donde difieren los lectores
El resumen comienza con lo que dice el pasaje y cómo se relacionan sus partes. No supone que una denominación ya haya resuelto cada pregunta. Toda dependencia de una tradición, teoría literaria o reconstrucción histórica se identifica con claridad.
El texto KJV aparece primero. Las conclusiones interpretativas se identifican, y las diferencias se presentan cuando ayudan a explicar por qué las comunidades serias no siempre llegan a la misma respuesta.
¿Fue el diluvio global o regional?
El relato emplea lenguaje abarcador sobre la tierra, los seres vivos y las aguas sobre los montes. Una lectura global entiende ese alcance en sentido mundial; una lectura regional sostiene que expresiones universales pueden describir el mundo conocido por el relato. Ambas deben explicar los detalles y las repeticiones de Génesis 6 a 9.
Genesis 6:11-13 · Genesis 7:17-24 · Genesis 8:1-22 · Genesis 9:8-17 · Genesis 41:57
¿Justifica racismo la maldición de Noé?
No. Génesis 9:25 nombra a Canaán. No maldice a todos los descendientes de Cam, no menciona el color de piel y no autoriza un sistema racial de esclavitud. El texto cercano mantiene la dignidad humana arraigada en la imagen de Dios.
Genesis 9:6,18,25-27 · Genesis 10:6 · Genesis 1:27