Genesis 9:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.b ”

Genesis 9:26 - 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 9:26 - 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 9:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Blessed. Fulfillment in Shem being in the line of the promised seed, and in the overthrow of Canaanites.
Genesis 9:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

26. Blessed be the Lord God of Shem. Noah blesses his other children, but in a different manner. For he places Shem in the highest post of honor. And this is the reason why Noah, in blessing...
Genesis 9:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Genesis 9:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, &c.— The old patriarch doth not say, Blessed be Shem, as he said, Cursed be Canaan; for men's evil springeth of themselves, but their good from...
Genesis 9:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Blessed be the Lord God of Shem - rather, 'Blessed of Yahweh, my God, be Shem:' an intimation that the descendan...
Genesis 9:26 - 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 9:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Blessed be Jehovah. — The greatness of Shem’s blessing is shown by its taking the form of a hymn of praise to Jehovah, the personal God; and the patriarch’s fervent outburst of thanksgiving was a p...
Genesis 9:26 - 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 9:26 - 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 9:26 - 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 9:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. These expressions are prophetical! 800 years after you may read their accomplishment. Joshua 9:23 ; Judges 1:28 , &am...
Genesis 9:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said, blessed be the Lord God of Shem ,.... Shem was blessed before Japheth, because he was the first and principal in advising and conducting the affair before ascribed to them, as Jarchi on...
Genesis 9:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Ver. 26. Blessed be the Lord God of Shem. ] Shem seems to have been the chief actor and persuader of that reverent...
Genesis 9:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Blessed be the Lord God of Shem Abraham and all his posterity were included in the descendants of Shem, as appears from the next chapter. Our Lord Jesus Christ, therefore, in whom all the nations...
Genesis 9:26 - 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 9:26 - 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 9:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Blessed be the Lord God of Shem. Quest. What is this to Shem? For it is not Shem, but God who is here blessed. Answ. 1. Shem also is here blessed, and that in the highest degree, because the Lo...
Genesis 9:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.' This is an unusual phrase as we expect to read ‘blessed be Shem'. It arises from the fact that Noah sees the greatness of the ble...
Genesis 9:26 - 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 9:26 - 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 9:26 - 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 9:26 - 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 9:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The curse upon Canaan
Genesis 9:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Blessed. Deuteronomy 33:26 Psalms 144:15 Romans 9:5 the Lord. Genesis 10:10-26 Genesis 12:1-3 Luke 3:23-36 Sem. Hebrews 11:16 his servant. or, servant to them. Genesis 27:37 Genesis...
Genesis 9:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The God of Shem — All blessings are included in this. This was the blessing conferred on Abraham and his seed, the God of heaven was not ashamed to be called their God, Hebrews 11:16 . Shem is suf...

Genesis 9:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 9:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 9:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 9:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 9:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 9:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 9:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 9:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 9:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 9:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 9:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 9:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 9:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 9:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 9:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 9:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 9:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 9:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 9:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 9:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 9:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 9:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes