Genesis 9:19

Genesis 9:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
• English Standard Version (ESV)These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
• New Living Translation (NLT)From these three sons of Noah came all the people who now populate the earth.

Context of Genesis 9:19

17So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.” 18The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth. 20Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. 21When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent.

Genesis 9:19 word by word

שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵי־נֹ֑חַ וּמֵאֵ֖לֶּה נָֽפְצָ֥ה כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Noahנֹחַnôach · NoahH5146
• and of them was the whole earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• overspreadנָפַץnâphats · to disperseH5310

Cross-references for Genesis 9:19

• Genesis 5:32After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
• Genesis 8:17Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.”
• Genesis 10:2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
• 1 Chronicles 1:4The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham and Japheth.

Commentaries on Genesis 9:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18-29Verses 18-29 - XXX. The Prophecy of Noah 18. כנען kena‛an “Kenaan, 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-23Verses 18-23 The drunkenness of Noah is recorded in the Bible, with that fairness which is found only in the Scripture, as a case and proof of human weakness and imperfection, even though he may have been surprised into the sin; and to show that the best of men cannot stand upright, unless they depend upon Divine grace, and are upheld thereby. Ham appears to have been a bad man, and probably rejoiced to find his father in an unbecoming situation. It was…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-2913. I do set my bow in the cloud--set, that is, constitute or appoint. This common and familiar phenomenon being made the pledge of peace, its appearance when showers began to fall would be welcomed with the liveliest feelings of joy.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 9:19

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In the dictionaries

• Noah
• Cloud
• Covenant
• Dwell
• Enlarge
• Meat
• Move
• Set
• Therein
• Token

Commentaries on Genesis 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings