Genesis 9:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ God shall enlargec Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. ”

Genesis 9:27 - 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 9:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

God shall (t) enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. (t) He declares that the Gentiles, who came from Japheth, and were separated from the Church,...
Genesis 9:27 - 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 9:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

enlarge Japheth. Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6). Yapht le-yephth. Fulfillment in increase of Western nations. dwell: as in. Tabernacle ( Genesis 3:24 , which see), i.e. worship the God...
Genesis 9:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

27. God shall enlarge Japheth. In the Hebrew words יפת ( japhte) and יפת ( japheth,) there is an elegant allusion. For the root of the word is פתה ( pathah,) which, among the Hebrews, s...
Genesis 9:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Genesis 9:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

God shall enlarge, &c.— Some render the word (it is so rendered in the margin of our Bibles) God shall persuade, or allure, Japheth, so that he shall come over to the true religion, and dw...
Genesis 9:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth. The blessing bestowed upon Japheth is conveyed in the form of a...
Genesis 9:27 - 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 9:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

God shall enlarge Japheth. — First, the Deity is here Elohim, following upon Jehovah in the preceding verse, and that with extraordinary exactness. Jehovah has never been the special name of th...
Genesis 9:27 - 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 9:27 - 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 9:27 - 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 9:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

God shall enlarge Japheth ,.... Or give him a large part of the earth, and large dominions in it, as his posterity have had; for, as Bochart r observes, to them belonged all Europe, and lesser Asia,...
Genesis 9:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Ver. 27. God persuade Japhet. ] For none else can do it. Men may speak persuasively, but to per...
Genesis 9:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

God shall enlarge Japheth Most of the inhabitants of Europe, termed in the next chapter, the isles of the Gentiles , and those of the northern parts of Asia, were descended from Japheth; and if, a...
Genesis 9:27 - 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 9:27 - 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 9:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

God shall enlarge Japheth; or, enlarge to Japheth. Understand here his place, as Genesis 26:22 Psalms 4:1 , or his border; which was very literally made good to him, because he had a v...
Genesis 9:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘God enlarge (yaphth) Japheth and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.' The word ‘enlarge' is a play on Japheth's name. In 1 Chronicles 5:10 ‘dwell in the tents of' s...
Genesis 9:27 - 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 9:27 - 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 9:27 - 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 9:27 - 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 9:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The curse upon Canaan
Genesis 9:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

enlarge. or, persuade. Japheth. he shall dwell. dwell. Isaiah 11:10 Hosea 2:14 Malachi 1:11 Acts 17:14 Romans 11:12 Romans 15:12 Ephesians 2:13 Ephesians 2:14 Ephesians 2:19 Ephesi...
Genesis 9:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem — His seed shall be so numerous and so victorious, that they shall be masters of the tents of Shem, which was fulfilled when the p...

Genesis 9:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 9:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 9:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 9:27 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 9:27 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 9:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 9:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 9:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 9:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 9:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 9:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 9:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 9:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 9:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 9:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 9:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 9:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 9:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 9:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 9:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 9:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 9:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 9:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes