Genesis 9 Scofield
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9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
“saying”
9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
“bow”
The bow is not said to have come into existence at this time, but only to have been here invested with the character of a sign, CF. Ex 31:13. Typically, the bow, seen upon the storm clouds of judgment Gen 7:11 has been thought to speak of the cross where judgment, never to be repeated has been visted upon the believer's sins.; Gal 3:10–14; Heb 10:14–18.
9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
“Cursed”
See note subdiv. 5-7, (See Scofield "Gen 9:1").
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9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
“and said unto them”
The Noahic Covenant. The elements are:
(1) The relation of man to the earth under the Adamic Covenant is confirmed (See Scofield "Gen 8:21")
(2) The order of nature is confirmed (Gen 8:22)
(3) Human government is established (Gen 9:1–6)
(4) Earth is secured against another universal judgment by water Gen 8:21; Gen 9:11
(5) A prophetic declaration is made that from Ham will descend an inferior and servile posterity Gen 9:24; Gen 9:25.
(6) A prophetic declaration is made that Shem will have a peculiar relation to Jehovah Gen 9:26; Gen 9:27. All divine revelation is through Semitic men, and Christ, after the flesh, descends from Shem.
(7) A prophetic declaration is made that from Japheth will descend the "enlarged" races Gen 9:27. Government, science, and art, speaking broadly, are and have been Japhetic, so that history is the indisputable record of the exact fulfilment of these declarations. (See Scofield "Gen 8:21") for the other seven covenants:
EDENIC Gen 1:28 ADAMIC Gen 3:15 ABRAHAMIC Gen 15:18 MOSAIC Ex 19:25 PALESTINIAN Deut 30:3 DAVIDIC 2 Sam 7:16 NEW Heb 8:8