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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 9:18-23

Here is, I. Noah's family and employment. The names of his sons are again mentioned (Gen. 9:18, 19) as those from whom the whole earth was overspread, by which it appears that Noah, after the flood, had no more children: all the world came from these three. Note, God, when he pleases, can make a little one to become a thousand, and greatly increase the latter end of those whose beginning was small. Such are the power and efficacy of a divine blessing. The business Noah applied himself to was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 9:23

And Shem and Japheth took a garment ,.... Who were the two brothers Ham told what he had seen, and who, no doubt, reproved him for his ill behaviour, and then took a garment, a coat of their own, very probably, some large garment fit for the purpose: and laid it upon both their shoulders ; one part of it on the right shoulder of the one, and the other on the left shoulder of the other: and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father ; going backward when they came into... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:22-24

And Ham, the father of Canaan, etc. - There is no occasion to enter into any detail here; the sacred text is circumstantial enough. Ham, and very probably his son Canaan, had treated their father on this occasion with contempt or reprehensible levity. Had Noah not been innocent, as my exposition supposes him, God would not have endued him with the spirit of prophecy on this occasion, and testified such marked disapprobation of their conduct. The conduct of Shem and Japheth was such as became... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:23

Verse 23 23.And Shem and Japheth took a garment. Here the piety, as well as the modesty, of the two brothers is commended; who, in order that the dignity of their father might not be lowered in their esteem, but that they might always cherish and keep entire the reverence which they owed him, turned away their eyes from the sight of his disgrace. And thus they gave proof of the regard they paid to their father’s honor, in supposing that their own eyes would be polluted, if they voluntarily... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:18-29

The threefold distribution of the human race —into the Shemitic, Hamitic, and Japhetic families. The fall of Noah was through wine; not, indeed, a forbidden product of the earth, but, like the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, representing a tremendous responsibility . I. THE FERTILITY OF SIN . It was out of drunkenness that the widespread curse of the Hamitic nations came forth. And the drunkenness is closely connected with other sins— What a picture of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:20-29

The future unveiled. I. A PAGE FROM HUMAN HISTORY . The prominent figure an old man—always an object of interest, as one who has passed through life's vicissitudes, and worthy of peculiar honor, especially if found walking in the paths of righteousness and peace; an old saint who had long been distinguished for the elevation of his piety, who had long maintained his fidelity to God in the midst of evil times, who had just enjoyed a special deliverance at the hand of God, and who up... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:23

And Shem and Japheth took a garment . Literally, the robe, i.e. which was at hand (Keil, Lange); the simlah, which was an outer cloak ( Deuteronomy 10:18 ; 1 Samuel 21:10 ; Isaiah 3:6 , Isaiah 3:7 ), in which, at night, persons wrapped themselves ( Deuteronomy 22:17 ). Sometimes the letters are transposed, and the word becomes salmah (cf. Exodus 22:8 ; Micah 2:8 ). And laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 9:18-29

- XXX. The Prophecy of Noah18. כנען kena‛an, “Kena‘an, bowed down.”19. נפץ nāpats, “break, scatter, spread.” פוּץ pûts, “break, scatter, flow.”20. כרם kerem, “orchard, vineyard.”21. יין yayı̂n, “wine; related: ferment.”After the blessing on the new heads of the human race has been pronounced, and the covenant with them renewed, we are prepared for a new development of human action. This appears, however, in the form of an event which is itself a meet preliminary to the subsequent stage of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 9:23

Genesis 9:23. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, &c. They not only would not see it themselves, but provided that no one else might see it; herein setting an example of charity with reference to other men’s sin and shame. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 9:18-29

Noah and his sons (9:18-29)On one occasion Noah brought shame upon himself through becoming drunk. But God’s condemnation was concerned more with Noah’s son Ham, and particularly his grandson Canaan who tried to add to Noah’s disgrace (18-23). God announced a curse on the descendants of Ham who would come through Canaan, though not on Ham’s other descendants. The descendants of Canaan would have their land taken from them by the descendants of Shem (the nation Israel) and they themselves would... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 9:18-23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 9:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:22-24

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 9:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:18-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:20-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 9:18-29

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 9:23

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 9:18-29

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