New Scofield Reference Bible: C. I. Scofield D.D., Editor
Scofield Notes: p.15 "The Noahic Covenant"
Referenced to Genesis 9:16
The Noahic Covenant reaffirms the conditions of life of fallen man as
announced by the Adamic Covenant, and institutes the principle of human
government to curb the outbreak of sin, since the threat of divine judgment in
the form of another flood has been removed. The elements of the covenant are:
(1) Man is made responsible to protect the sanctity of human life by orderly
rule over the individual man, even to capital punishment (Gen 9:5 - 6; cp. Rom
13:1 - 7).
(2) No additional curse is placed upon the ground, nor is man to fear another
universal flood (Gen 8:21; 9:11 - 16).
(3) The order of nature is confirmed (Gen 8:22; 9:2).
(4) The flesh of animals is added to man's diet (Gen 9:3 - 4). Presumably man
had been a vegetarian prior to the flood.
(5) A prophetic declaration is made that descendants of Canaan, one of Ham's
sons, will be servants to their brethren (Gen 9:25 - 26).
(6) A prophetic declaration is made that Shem will have a peculiar relation to
the LORD (Gen 9:26 -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
fulfillment of these declarations.
For notes on other major covenants, see: Edenic (Gen 2:16); Adamic (Gen 3:15);
Abrahamic (Gen 12:2); Mosaic (Exo 19:5); Palestinian (Deu 30:3); Davidic (2 Sam
7:16); New (Heb 8:8).
<Eight Covenants:> 8:21 -9:17,24 - 27; Gen 12:2. (Gen 2:16; Heb 8:8)
New Scofield Reference Bible: C. I. Scofield D.D., Editor
Scofield Notes: p.15 "The Noahic Covenant"
Referenced to Genesis 9:16
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