Genesis 9:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. ”

Genesis 9:25 - 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 9:25 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he said, (r) Cursed [be] Canaan; a (s) servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. (r) He pronounces as a prophet the curse of God against all those who do not honour their parents: for H...
Genesis 9:25 - 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 9:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Cursed. Fulfillment in Book of Joshua. servant of servants. Figure of speech Polyptoton .
Genesis 9:25 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

25. Cursed be Canaan (298) It is asked in the first place, why Noah instead of pronouncing the curse upon his son, inflicts the severity of punishment, which that son had deserved, upon his...
Genesis 9:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. Cursed be Canaan - See on the preceding verses. In the 25th, 26th, and 27th verses, instead of Canaan simply, the...
Genesis 9:25 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And he said, cursed, &c.— In consequence of this different behaviour of his sons, Noah, as a patriarch, was enlightened, and as a father of a family, who is to reward or punish his children, wa...
Genesis 9:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. And he said - apparently upon awaking and learning what had happened. If we assume a connection of cause an...
Genesis 9:25 - 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 9:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Cursed be Canaan. — The prophecy of Noah takes the form of a poem, like Lamech’s boast in Genesis 4 . In it Ham is passed over in silence, as though his unfilial conduct, recorded in Genesis 9:22...
Genesis 9:25 - 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 9:25 - 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 9:25 - 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 9:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said ,.... Not in a drunken fit, as some profane persons would suggest, for he was awaked from his wine; nor in the heat of passion, but by inspiration, under a spirit of prophecy: cursed [...
Genesis 9:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. Ver. 25. And he said, Cursed be Canaan. ] Because an imitator, and abettor of his father's sin. Neither good...
Genesis 9:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Cursed be Canaan Canaan may be here put, by a well-known figure termed ellipsis, often used in Scripture, for the father of Canaan , the title given to Ham in Genesis 9:22 . And although Ham had...
Genesis 9:25 - 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 9:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Noah's Prophecy. B. C. 2347. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younge...
Genesis 9:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And he said, not from the passion of revenge, but by Divine inspiration, and the Spirit of prophecy, Cursed be Canaan; hateful to God, abhorred by men, miserable in his person and posterity. Que...
Genesis 9:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And he said, “cursed be Canaan. A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers”.' It is possible that Noah kept what Ham had done in his heart and that this series of curse and blessing was give...
Genesis 9:25 - 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 9:25 - Scofield Reference Notes

Cursed See note subdiv. 5-7, ( See Scofield) - ( Genesis 9:1 ).
Genesis 9:25 - 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 9:25 - 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 9:25 - 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 9:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The curse upon Canaan
Genesis 9:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Cursed. Genesis 9:22 Genesis 3:14 Genesis 4:11 Genesis 49:7 Deuteronomy 27:16 Deuteronomy 28:18 Matthew 25:41 John 8:34 a servant. Joshua 9:23 Joshua 9:27 Judges 1:28-30 1 King...
Genesis 9:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A servant of servants — That is, the meanest and most despicable servant shall he be, even to his brethren. Those who by birth were his equals, should by conquest be his lords. This certainly point...

Genesis 9:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 9:25 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 9:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 9:25 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 9:25 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 9:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 9:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 9:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 9:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 9:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 9:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 9:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 9:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 9:25 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 9:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 9:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 9:25 - Scofield Reference Notes

Genesis 9:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 9:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 9:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 9:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 9:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 9:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes