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

Verse 27 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, signifies to entice with smooth words, or to allure in one direction or another. Here, however, nearly all commentators take it as signifying to enlarge. (301) If this exposition be received, the meaning will be, that the posterity of Japheth, which for a time would be scattered, and removed far from the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:18-29

The 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 knowledge of good and evil, representing a tremendous responsibility . I. THE FERTILITY OF SIN . It was out of drunkenness that the widespread curse of the Hamitic nations came forth. And the drunkenness is closely connected with other sins— What a picture of the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:20

And Noah began to be an husbandman . Literally, a man of the ground . Vir terroe (Vulgate); α ̓ ì νθρωπος γεωργο Ì ς γη ͂ ς ( LXX .); Chald; נְּבַר פָלַח בְּאַרְעָא = vir colens terram; agriculturae dediturus . Cf. Joshua 5:4 , "a man of war;" 2 Samuel 16:7 , "a man of blood;" Genesis 46:32 , "a man of cattle;" Exodus 4:10 , "a man of words." And he planted a vineyard. So Murphy, Wordsworth, Kalisch. Keil, Delitzsch, and Lange regard ish ha'... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:20-29

The 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 walking in the paths of righteousness and peace; an old saint who had long been distinguished for the elevation of his piety, who had long maintained his fidelity to God in the midst of evil times, who had just enjoyed a special deliverance at the hand of God, and who up... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:21

And 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 fermentation for so many centuries escaped the notice of the enterprising Cainites, or even of the Sethites; that, "though grapes had been in use before this, wine had not been extracted from them" (Murphy); or that Noah was unacquainted with the nature and effects of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:22

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness . Pudenda, from a root ( עָרָה ) signifying to make naked, from a kindred root to which ( עָרם ) comes the term expressive of the nakedness of Adam and Eve after eating the forbidden fruit ( Genesis 3:7 ). The sin of Ham—not a trifling and unintentional transgression" (Von Bohlen)—obviously lay not in seeing what perhaps he may have come upon unexpectedly, but read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:23

And Shem and Japheth took a garment . Literally, the robe, i.e. which was at hand (Keil, Lange); the simlah, which was an outer cloak ( Deuteronomy 10:18 ; 1 Samuel 21:10 ; Isaiah 3:6 , Isaiah 3:7 ), in which, at night, persons wrapped themselves ( Deuteronomy 22:17 ). Sometimes the letters are transposed, and the word becomes salmah (cf. Exodus 22:8 ; Micah 2:8 ). And laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:24

And Noah awoke from his wine . I .e. the effects of his wine (cf. 1 Samuel 1:14 ; 1 Samuel 25:37 ); ε ̓ ξε ì νηψε ( LXX .); "became fully conscious of his condition" ( T . Lewis). And knew . By inspiration (Alford); more probably by making inquiries as to the reason of the simlah covering him. What his younger son . Literally, his son, the little one, i.e. the youngest son (Willet, Murphy, Wordsworth, T . Lewis, Alford, Candlish), or the younger son (Keil,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:25

And he said . Not in personal resentment, since "the fall of Noah is not at all connected with his prophecy, except as serving to bring out the real character of his children, and to reconcile him to the different destinies which he was to announce as awaiting their respective races" (Candlish); but under the impulse of a prophetic spirit (Poole, Keil, Lange, Candlish, Murphy, and expositors generally), which, however, had its historical occasion in the foregoing incident. The structure of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:26

And he said —not "Blessed of Jehovah, my God, be Shem" (Jamieson), as might have been anticipated (this, equally with the omission of Ham's name, lifts the entire patriarchal utterance out of the region of mere personal feeling), but— Blessed — בָּרוּךְ when applied to God signifies an ascription of praise (cf. Psalms 144:15 ; Ephesians 1:3 ); when applied to man, an invocation of good (cf. Genesis 14:19 , Genesis 14:20 ; Psalms 128:1 ; Hebrews 7:6 )— be the Lord God ... read more

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:18-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:20-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 9:26

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