The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:26
And he said —not "Blessed of Jehovah, my God, be Shem" (Jamieson), as might have been anticipated (this, equally with the omission of Ham's name, lifts the entire patriarchal utterance out of the region of mere personal feeling), but— Blessed — בָּרוּךְ when applied to God signifies an ascription of praise (cf. Psalms 144:15 ; Ephesians 1:3 ); when applied to man, an invocation of good (cf. Genesis 14:19 , Genesis 14:20 ; Psalms 128:1 ; Hebrews 7:6 )— be the Lord God ... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:25
And he said . Not in personal resentment, since "the fall of Noah is not at all connected with his prophecy, except as serving to bring out the real character of his children, and to reconcile him to the different destinies which he was to announce as awaiting their respective races" (Candlish); but under the impulse of a prophetic spirit (Poole, Keil, Lange, Candlish, Murphy, and expositors generally), which, however, had its historical occasion in the foregoing incident. The structure of... read more