Genesis 9:24 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 9:24

When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

2 voices

Justin Martyr

Dialogue with Trypho, Chapter CXXXIX (165)

For 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.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּ֥יקֶץ	vai.Yi.ketz	and he awoke	H3364 →
נֹ֖חַ	No.ach	Noah	H5146 →
מִיֵּינ֑וֹ	mi.yei.No	from wine his	H3196 →
וַיֵּ֕דַע	vai.Ye.da'	and he knew	H3045 →
אֵ֛ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	[that] which	H834 →
עָ֥שָׂה־	'A.sah-	he had done	H6213 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	to <the> him
בְּנ֥וֹ	be.No	son his	H1121 →
הַקָּטָֽן׃	ha.ka.Tan	<the> young	H6996 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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