Genesis 9:18

18 Und die Söhne Noahs, die aus der Arche gingen, waren Sem und Ham und Japhet; und Ham ist der Vater Kanaans.

Genesis 9:18 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 9:18

And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were
Shem, and Ham, and Japheth
These were born before the flood, and went into the ark with Noah, and came out with him; see ( Genesis 5:32 ) ( 6:10 ) and Ham [is the] father of Canaan;
this is observed for the sake of the following history, concerning the behaviour of the one to Noah, and of the curse of the other by him, which would not have been so well understood if this remark had not been made: the father and the son, as they were, related in nature, they were much alike in manners and behaviour. Cush, the firstborn of Ham, is not mentioned, but Canaan, his youngest son, because he was cursed, as Aben Ezra observes; and who remarks that the paragraph is written to show that the Canaanites were accursed, the father of whom this Canaan was; and who is the same Sanchoniatho F25 calls Cna, and says he was the first that was called a Phoenician.


FOOTNOTES:

F25 Apud. Euseb. Evangel. Praepar. l. 1. p. 39.

Genesis 9:18 In-Context

16 Und der Bogen wird in den Wolken sein; und ich werde ihn ansehen, um zu gedenken des ewigen Bundes zwischen Gott und jedem lebendigen Wesen von allem Fleische, das auf Erden ist.
17 Und Gott sprach zu Noah: Das ist das Zeichen des Bundes, den ich errichtet habe zwischen mir und allem Fleische, das auf Erden ist.
18 Und die Söhne Noahs, die aus der Arche gingen, waren Sem und Ham und Japhet; und Ham ist der Vater Kanaans.
19 Diese drei sind die Söhne Noahs und von diesen aus ist die ganze Erde bevölkert worden.
20 Und Noah fing an ein Ackersmann zu werden und pflanzte einen Weinberg.
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