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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 9:26

Blessed be Jehovah. — The greatness of Shem’s blessing is shown by its taking the form of a hymn of praise to Jehovah, the personal God; and the patriarch’s fervent outburst of thanksgiving was a presage of the hallelujahs that were to arise unto God from all mankind for the birth of that son of Shem in whom all nations were to be blessed. The following words should be translated, And let Canaan be their servant, the servant both of Shem and Japheth. (See margin.)

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 9 The Earth Replenished _ 1. The divine commission (Genesis 9:1)_ 2. The covenant with Noah (Genesis 9:8) 3. The token of the covenant (Genesis 9:12) 4. The family of Noah ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BLESSED. Fulfillment in Shem being in the line of the promised seed, and in the overthrow of Canaanites....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Blessed be the Lord_, _the God of Shem_ The blessing invoked, not upon Shem himself, but upon Jehovah the God of Shem, is intended to convey the thought that herein will lie the true welfare of the d...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    SPECIAL NOTE ON GENESIS 9:25 There is much uncertainty as to the period of history to which the Song, or Oracle, of Noah may be considered to refer. In all probability, the question must be left unde...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND HE SAID, BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD OF SHEM, &C.— The old patriarch doth not say, _Blessed be Shem,_ as he said, _Cursed be Canaan;_ for men's evil springeth of themselves, but their good from God: a...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    7. _Noah's Last Days_ (Genesis 9:18-28.) 18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. 19 These three were the sons of Noah:...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    9:26 his (b-15) Or 'their,' i.e. Shem's....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LORD GOD OF SHEM] RV 'the Lord (Jehovah), the God of Shem.' Shem was the ancestor of Israel, and these words assert Israel's unique position and calling, as the chosen people of the true God. CANA...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֕אמֶר בָּר֥וּךְ יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹ֣הֵי שֵׁ֑ם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. These expressions are prophetical! 800 years after you may read their accomplishment. Joshua 9:23; Judges 1:28, &c,...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In chapter 9 begins the history of the new earth. God blesses the earth more than before; and the answer to the sweet savour of the sacrifice assures the world that a universal deluge will never recur...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Ver. 26. _Blessed be the Lord God of Shem._] Shem seems to have been the chief actor and persuader of that reverent be...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Blessed be the Lord God of Shem_ Abraham and all his posterity were included in the descendants of Shem, as appears from the next chapter. Our Lord Jesus Christ, therefore, in whom _all the nations o...

  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. The Lord Jehovah, the true, living God, was to be the God of Shem. From the descendants of Shem the Lord chose the people...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The curse upon Canaan...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    A NEW BEGINNING FOR MAN The earth itself having been purged by water, furnishing a totally new condition of circumstances for mankind and animals, now God establishes man in a new dispensation of thin...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HIS SERVANT: Or, servant to them...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    24-29 Noah declares a curse on Canaan, the son of Ham; perhaps this grandson of his was more guilty than the rest. A servant of servants, that is, The meanest and most despicable servant, shall he be...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD OF SHEM. QUEST. What is this to Shem? For it is not Shem, but God who is here blessed. ANSW. 1. Shem also is here blessed, and that in the highest degree, because the Lord hath...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 9:26 said H559 (H8799) Blessed H1288 (H8803) LORD H3068 God H430 Shem H8035 Canaan H3667 be...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.' This is an unusual phrase as we expect to read ‘blessed be Shem'. It arises from the fact that Noah sees the greatness of the bless...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Noamic covenant. Noah's shame and Ham's sin. CHARACTERS: Noah and family. CONCLUSION: The believer is as secure as God's promises are true. No promise of God can fail. KEY WORD: Covenant,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 9:20. And Noah began to be a husbandman] Heb. The man _of the ground._ Like the Gr. γεωργος, and the Lat. _Agricola._ As the Heb. has the article, the meaning is conveyed that...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 9:18 AND THE SONS OF NOAH, THAT WENT FORTH OF THE ARK, WERE SHEM, AND HAM, AND JAPHETH, who are here again mentioned as the heads of the nations into which the family of man develo...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the eaRuth (Genesis 9:1). And so the commandment that was given to Adam at the beginning is now given to Noah...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Blessed. Deuteronomy 33:26 Psalms 144:15 Romans 9:5 the Lord. Genesis 10:10...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The God of Shem — All blessings are included in this. This was the blessing conferred on Abraham and his seed, the God of heaven was not ashamed to be called their God, Hebrews 11:16. Shem is sufficie...

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