Genesis 9:26 NIV

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 9:25-27

"And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. And he said, Blessed be Jehovah the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant. God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.""Cursed be Canaan ..." What Cain was to the antediluvian world, Canaan was to the world after the flood. He was the ancestor of the Canaanites who preceded Israel in the land of Palestine, and the preoccupation of that entire Canaanite... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 9:26

Genesis 9:26. And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, &c.— The old patriarch doth not say, Blessed be Shem, as he said, Cursed be Canaan; for men's evil springeth of themselves, but their good from God: and therefore, in a strain of devotion, he breaketh forth into thanksgiving to God, as the author of all good to men. Neither doth he say the same to Japheth; for God certainly may dispense his peculiar favours according to his good pleasure, and salvation was to be derived through... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 9:26

26. Blessed be the Lord God of Shem—rather, "Blessed of Jehovah, my God, be Shem,"—an intimation that the descendants of Shem should be peculiarly honored in the service of the true God, His Church being for ages established among them (the Jews), and of them, concerning the flesh, Christ came. They got possession of Canaan, the people of that land being made their "servants" either by conquest, or, like the Gibeonites, by submission [ :-]. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 9:9-29

D. What became of Noah 6:9-9:29The Lord destroyed the corrupt, violent human race and deluged its world, but He used righteous Noah to preserve life and establish a new world after the Flood."Noah’s experience presents decisively the author’s assertion that the Lord judges human sin but provides a means for perpetuating the creation blessing (Genesis 1:26-28) and the salvation hope for an elect seed (Genesis 3:15). The recurring theme of blessing, threatened by sin but preserved by divine... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 9:18-29

3. The curse on Canaan 9:18-29This pericope presents the characteristics of the three branches of the human family that grew out of Noah. Moses stressed the themes of blessing and cursing. God cursed Canaan with slavery because Ham showed disrespect toward Noah whereas He blessed Shem and Japheth for their regard for their father’s vulnerable condition."The world seems all set for a new start. The slate has been wiped clean, and we hope that the mistakes of the antediluvians will not be... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 9:25-27

This oracle, the first time Moses recorded a human uttering a curse, is a prophecy announcing divine judgment on Canaan’s descendants for their sin that had its seed in Ham’s act. Noah, as a prophet, announced the future of this grandson’s descendants (cf. Genesis 49; Deuteronomy 33; et al.)."For his breach of the family, his [Ham’s] own family would falter." [Note: Kidner, p. 104.] The Canaanites became known for their shameless depravity in sexual matters. [Note: See Charles Pfeiffer, Ras... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:1-29

The Divine Blessing and Covenant. Noah and the Vine. The Curse of Canaan1-7. The primeval benediction of man (Genesis 1:28) is now repeated and enlarged. Animal food is allowed (cp. Genesis 1:29), but blood is forbidden. The blood makes the life manifest, as it were, to our senses, and the life belongs to God, and must, therefore, be offered to Him.5, 6. The ground of the sacredness of human life here is the existence of the divine image in man. It is not conceived as being wholly destroyed by... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 9:26

(26) Blessed be Jehovah.—The greatness of Shem’s blessing is shown by its taking the form of a hymn of praise to Jehovah, the personal God; and the patriarch’s fervent outburst of thanksgiving was a presage of the hallelujahs that were to arise unto God from all mankind for the birth of that son of Shem in whom all nations were to be blessed. The following words should be translated, And let Canaan be their servant, the servant both of Shem and Japheth. (See margin.) read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 9:1-29

The Bow in the Cloud Genesis 9:11 In the midst of wrath God remembered mercy. Upon the subsidence of the Flood and the restoration of the family of Noah to their accustomed avocations, the great Ruler and Lord graciously renewed to the human race the expression of His favour. I. The Covenant was established between, on the one hand, the Lord Himself; on the other hand, the sons of men, represented in the person of Noah. ( a ) Its occasion. It was after the vindication of Divine justice and... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Genesis 9:1-29

THE FLOODGenesis 5:1-32; Genesis 6:1-22; Genesis 7:1-24; Genesis 8:1-22; Genesis 9:1-29THE first great event which indelibly impressed itself on the memory of the primeval world was the Flood. There is every reason to believe that this catastrophe was co-extensive with the human population of the world. In every branch of the human family traditions of the event are found. These traditions need not be recited, though some of them bear a remarkable likeness to the Biblical story, while others... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 9:25-27

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 9:26

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 9:26

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 9:9-29

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 9:18-29

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 9:25-27

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:1-29

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Genesis 9:26

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 9:1-29

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Genesis 9:1-29

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