John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father ,.... Which, had it been through surprise, and at an unawares, would not have been thought criminal; but be went into his father's tent, where he ought not to have entered; he looked with pleasure and delight on his father's nakedness: Ham is represented by many writers as a very wicked, immodest, and profligate creature: Berosus F9 Antiqu. l. 3. fol. 25. 1. makes him a magician, and to be the same with Zoroast or... read more
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