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Genesis 9:18-29
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:18-29
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Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:18-23Genesis 9:18-23 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe drunkenness of Noah is recorded in the Bible, with that fairness which is found only in the Scripture, as a case and proof of human weakness and imperfection, even though he may have been surprised into the sin; and…Sin of Ham. (b. c. 2347.)Genesis 9:18-23 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleSIN OF HAM. (B. C. 2347.) Here is, I. Noah's family and employment. The names of his sons are again mentioned (Genesis 9:18-19) as those from whom the whole earth was overspread, by which it appears that Noah, after the…The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:18Genesis 9:18 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, who are here again mentioned as the heads of the nations into which the family of man developed, the writer having described the importa…The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:18-29Genesis 9:18-29 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe 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 knowl…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Genesis 9:18-23The drunkenness of Noah is recorded in the Bible, with that fairness which is found only in the Scripture, as a case and proof of human weakness and imperfection, even though he may have been surprised into the sin; and…Matthew HenrycommentarySin of Ham. (b. c. 2347.)SIN OF HAM. (B. C. 2347.) Here is, I. Noah's family and employment. The names of his sons are again mentioned (Genesis 9:18-19) as those from whom the whole earth was overspread, by which it appears that Noah, after the…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:18-29The 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 knowl…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:18And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, who are here again mentioned as the heads of the nations into which the family of man developed, the writer having described the importa…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:19These are the three sons of Noah; and of them was the whole earth—i.e. the earth's population (cf. Genesis 11:1; Genesis 19:31)—overspread. More correctly, dispersed themselves abroad. διεοπα ì ρησαν ἐ πι Ì πᾶ σαν τη…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:20And Noah began to be an husbandman. Literally, a man of the ground. Vir terroe (Vulgate); ἀ ì νθρωπος γεωργο Ì ς γῆ ς (LXX.); Chald; נְּבַר פָלַח בְּאַרְעָא = vir colens terram; agriculturae dediturus. Cf. Joshua 5:4,…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:20-29The 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 walki…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:21And he drank of the wine. יַיִן; "perhaps so called from bubbling up and fermenting;" connected with יָוַן (Gesenius). Though the first mention of wine in Scripture, it is scarcely probable that the natural process of f…Joseph S. Exell and contributors