Genesis 9:24 - Exposition

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, Bush, Karisch); cf. Genesis 5:32 . Generally believed to have been Ham, though by many Canaan is understood (Aben Ezra, Theodoret, Procopius, Scaliger, Poole, Jamieson, Inglis, Lewis). Origen mentions a tradition that Canaan first saw the shame of Noah, and told it to his father. Wordsworth, following Chrysostom, believes Canaan may have been an accomplice. 'The Speaker's Commentary' thinks it would solve the difficulty which attaches to the cursing of Canaan.