Genesis 9:24
in Genesis 9When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him.
KJV
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
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This verse in Genesis 9
Commentary
8 notes on this verseFor another mystery was accomplished and predicted in the days of Noah, of which you are not aware. It is this: in the blessings wherewith Noah blessed his two sons, and in the curse pronounced on his son's son. For the Spirit of prophecy would not curse the son that had been by God blessed along with [his brothers]. But since the punishment of the sin would cleave to the whole descent of the son that mocked at his father's nakedness, he made the curse originate with his son.
This site's exposition
When Noah awoke from his drunkenness
on Genesis 9:24-25
Noah speaks this curse, and it falls on Canaan. Justin Martyr read the shift as deliberate, the word settling on the line that came out of a son God had blessed by name in verse 1. John Gill takes Noah to be prophesying, and Genesis 15:16 grounds the judgment of the Canaanite nations on their own iniquity.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
Noah cursed Canaan, saying, "Cursed be Canaan. A slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers." But what sin could Canaan have committed even if he had been right behind his father when Ham observed the nakedness of Noah?
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 Medieval Church1 voice
But Noah, awakening from his wine, when he had learned what his younger son had done to him, said: Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Noah awoke from his wine,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
It is probable that there is a long interval included between these verses and that this prophecy, like that of Jacob on his sons, was not uttered till near the close of Noah's life when the prophetic spirit came upon him; this presumption is strengthened by the mention of his death immediately after.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
It is probable that there is a long interval included between these verses and that this prophecy, like that of Jacob on his sons, was not uttered till near the close of Noah's life when the prophetic spirit came upon him; this presumption is strengthened by the mention of his death immediately after.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּ֥יקֶץ | vaiyiketz | and he awoke | H3364 → | 11 times |
| נֹ֖חַ | noach | Noah | H5146 → | 46 times |
| מִיֵּינ֑וֹ | miyeino | from wine his | H3196 → | 141 times |
| וַיֵּ֕דַע | vaiyeda' | and he knew | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אֵ֛ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | [that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָ֥שָׂה־ | ʾasah- | he had done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| ל֖וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| בְּנ֥וֹ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הַקָּטָֽן׃ | hakatan | <the> young | H6996 → | 101 times |
וַיִּ֥יקֶץand he awoke
vaiyiketzH3364 →11 times
נֹ֖חַNoah
noachH5146 →46 times
מִיֵּינ֑וֹfrom wine his
miyeinoH3196 →141 times
וַיֵּ֕דַעand he knew
vaiyeda'H3045 →945 times
אֵ֛ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
אֲשֶׁר־[that] which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עָ֥שָׂה־he had done
ʾasah-H6213 →2628 times
ל֖וֹto <the> him
lo
בְּנ֥וֹson his
benoH1121 →4930 times
הַקָּטָֽן׃<the> young
hakatanH6996 →101 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron); Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 7.3.1-2; Irenaeus, The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching, Sections 19-21; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho, Chapter CXXXIX and Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho.