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Genesis 9:24

Genesis 9:24
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Noah awoke from his wine,.... From his sleep, which his wine brought on him; when the force and strength of that was gone, and when not only he awaked, but came to himself, and was sober:

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 9:18-29

- 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,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 9:24-27

Here, I. Noah comes to himself: He awoke from his wine. Sleep cured him, and, we may suppose, so cured him that he never relapsed into that sin afterwards. Those that sleep as Noah did should awake as…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

his youngest son The rendering of the R.V. marg. and of the A.V., younger(so LXX ὁ νεώτερος, Lat. minor), is not permissible. The Hebrew word, where there is a comparison between more than two…