Genesis 9:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. ”

Genesis 9:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- XXX. The Prophecy of Noah 18. כנען k e na‛an , “Kena‘an, bowed down.” 19. נפץ nāpats , “break, scatter, spread.” פוּץ pûts , “break, scatter, flow.” 20. כרם kerem , “orch...
Genesis 9:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Ham, the father of (p) Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and (q) told his two brethren without. (p) Of whom came the Canaanites that wicked nation, who were also cursed by God. (q) In de...
Genesis 9:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Drunkenness of Noah; his Curse and his Blessings. In this section Genesis 9:28 f. belongs to P. If Genesis 5:32 ; Genesis 7:6 ; Genesis 9:28 f. are read together, we have an account of No...
Genesis 9:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22. And Ham, the father of Canaan. This circumstance is added to augment the sorrow of Noah, that he is mocked by his own son. For we must ever keep in memory, that this punishment was divine...
Genesis 9:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. And Ham, the father of Canaan, etc. - There is no occasion to enter into any detail here; the sacred...
Genesis 9:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness, &c.— The loose dress of those times, made it easy for any slight accident to produce that nakedness, which Ham seeing, wantonly and tauntingly ex...
Genesis 9:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Genesis 9:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Divine Blessing and Covenant. Noah and the Vine. The Curse of Canaan 1-7. The primeval benediction of man ( Genesis 1:28 ) is now repeated and enlarged. Animal food is allowed (cp. Genesis 1:...
Genesis 9:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ham ... saw ... and told. — The sin lay not in seeing, which might be unintentional, but in telling, especially if his purpose was to ridicule his father. His brothers, with filial piety, “take a...
Genesis 9:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE FLOOD Genesis 5:1-32 ; Genesis 6:1-22 ; Genesis 7:1-24 ; Genesis 8:1-22 ; Genesis 9:1-29 THE first great event which indelibly impressed itself on the memory of the primeval world was t...
Genesis 9:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Noah's Three Sons Genesis 9:18-29 Noah's sin reminds us how weak are the best of men; liable to fall, even after the most marvelous deliverances. The love of strong drink will drag a preacher o...
Genesis 9:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The new order in human affairs was initiated by the bestowment of a blessing on Noah and his sons. The first note of change is seen in the word which declared man's relation to the lower orders. In E...
Genesis 9:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. This may serve to shew what an awful thing it is, in those who from despising the people of God, ta...
Genesis 9:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Genesis 9:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. Ver. 22. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw. ] The Hebrews say, that Canaan first saw it, and the...
Genesis 9:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And Ham saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren To have seen it accidentally and involuntarily would not have been a crime. But he pleased himself with the sight. And he told hi...
Genesis 9:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A NEW BEGINNING FOR MAN The earth itself having been purged by water, furnishing a totally new condition of circumstances for mankind and animals, now God establishes man in a new dispensation of...
Genesis 9:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sin of Ham. B. C. 2347. 18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem,...
Genesis 9:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The grown age of Ham was a great aggravation of this sin. The father of Canaan: this is here added as a reason of Canaan's curse, Genesis 9:25 . The nakedness, i.e. the secret parts, oft so ca...
Genesis 9:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness, and told his brothers outside.' The continual stress on Ham as the father of Canaan shows that by this time Canaan has been born. This eve...
Genesis 9:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 9:20 . And Noah began to be a husbandman] Heb. The man of the ground. Like the Gr. γεωργος, and the Lat. Agricola. As the Heb. has the article, the meaning is conveye...
Genesis 9:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 9:4 . But the blood ye shall not eat. This prohibition of blood is repeated. Leviticus 17 ; Deuteronomy 12 . And being connected with murder in the following verse, we are taught to abst...
Genesis 9:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Noah began to be an husbandman and he planted a vineyard; and he drank of the wine and was drunken The lessons of Noah’s fall I. THE MORAL DANGERS OF SOCIAL PROGRESS. 1. Increased temptation...
Genesis 9:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 9:18 And 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 o...
Genesis 9:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Noah's Sin
Genesis 9:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ham. Genesis 9:25 Genesis 10:6 Genesis 10:15-19 1 Chronicles 1:8 1 Chronicles 1:13-16 told. 2 Samuel 1:19 2 Samuel 1:20 Psalms 35:20 Psalms 35:21 Psalms 40:15 Psalms 70:3 Prove...
Genesis 9:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And Ham saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren — To have seen it accidentally and involuntarily would not have been a crime. But he pleased himself with the sight. And he told h...

Genesis 9:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 9:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 9:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 9:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 9:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 9:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 9:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 9:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 9:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 9:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 9:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 9:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 9:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 9:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 9:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 9:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 9:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 9:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 9:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 9:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 9:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 9:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes