Genesis 9:18
in Genesis 9The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
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ASV
And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
KJV
And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
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This verse in Genesis 9
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark
on Genesis 9:18-19
The text names Ham as the father of Canaan before the story of the tent begins, and names him so again in verse 22. Three sons carry the whole earth, and the table of nations at 10:1 is built out of them. Canaan is the son the curse of verse 25 will fall on.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
(Chapter 9, Verse 18) The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The Septuagint translators often struggled to render the letter Heth (), which has a double aspiration sound, into Greek. They added the Greek letter chi (χ) to instruct us to aspirate in such words. Therefore, in this passage, they translated Cham as Ham, because Ham is called "Ham" in the Hebrew language, and in Egyptian language, Egypt is called "Ham" until this day.
A commentator
IrenaeusThe Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching, Sections 19-21 · Written before 202.
proposed
Now the three sons of Noah were Shem, Ham and Japheth, from whom again the race was multiplied: for these were the beginning of mankind after the flood. Now of these one fell under a curse, and the two (others) inherited a blessing by reason of their works.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
- XXX. The Prophecy of Noah 18. כנען kena‛an, “Kena‘an, bowed down.” 19. נפץ nāpats, “break, scatter, spread.” פוּץ pûts, “break, scatter, flow.” 20. כרם kerem, “orchard, vineyard.” 21. יין yayı̂n, “wine; related: ferment.” After the blessing on the new heads of the human race has been pronounced, and the covenant with them renewed, we are prepared for a new development of human action. This appears, however, in the form of an event which is itself a meet preliminary to the subsequent stage of affairs.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ | vaiyihyu | and they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְנֵי־ | venei- | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נֹ֗חַ | noach | Noah | H5146 → | 46 times |
| הַיֹּֽצְאִים֙ | haiyotzeim | who came out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַתֵּבָ֔ה | hatevah | the ark | H8392 → | 28 times |
| שֵׁ֖ם | shem | Shem | H8035 → | 17 times |
| וְחָ֣ם | vecham | and Ham | H2526 → | 16 times |
| וָיָ֑פֶת | vayafet | and Japheth | H3315 → | 11 times |
| וְחָ֕ם | vecham | and Ham | H2526 → | 16 times |
| ה֖וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| אֲבִ֥י | ʾavi | [was] [the] father of | H1 → | 1212 times |
| כְנָֽעַן׃ | khenaan | Canaan | H3667 → | 94 times |
וַיִּֽהְי֣וּand they were
vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times
בְנֵי־[the] sons of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
נֹ֗חַNoah
noachH5146 →46 times
הַיֹּֽצְאִים֙who came out
haiyotzeimH3318 →1067 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַתֵּבָ֔הthe ark
hatevahH8392 →28 times
שֵׁ֖םShem
shemH8035 →17 times
וְחָ֣םand Ham
vechamH2526 →16 times
וָיָ֑פֶתand Japheth
vayafetH3315 →11 times
וְחָ֕םand Ham
vechamH2526 →16 times
ה֖וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
אֲבִ֥י[was] [the] father of
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
כְנָֽעַן׃Canaan
khenaanH3667 →94 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 9:23Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s…
it leads to
- Galatians 6:1
Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
- Galatians 6:1
Through
1 Chronicles 1:4The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
it leads to
- Genesis 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Genesis 5:32
Through
Genesis 10:1This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
it leads to
- Genesis 9:7
But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
- Genesis 2:4
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
- Genesis 5:1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
- Genesis 9:19
These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
- Genesis 6:9
This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
- Genesis 9:7
Through
Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 1:8–16
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:8–16
Where this verse is studied
About Genesis
Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPrimevalNoahThe righteous 'preacher of righteousness' who found grace and, by faith, built the ark — through whom the race survived the Flood.
- PersonPrimevalShemNoah's son through whom the covenant line runs (9:26); father of the Semitic peoples and ancestor of Abraham.
- PlaceThe LevantCanaanThe land God promised to Abraham's seed, walked and marked with altars by the patriarchs and possessed under Joshua four centuries…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Irenaeus, The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching, Sections 19-21; Jerome, Hebrew Questions on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).