Genesis 9:19

19 The people who were scattered over the earth came from Noah's three sons.

Genesis 9:19 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 9:19

These are the three sons of Noah
And his only ones; and if he had any more, they left no posterity behind them, since it follows, and of them was the whole earth overspread,
with inhabitants, by them and their posterity only: Berozus F26 indeed says, that Noah, after the flood, begat more sons, and giants; and his commentator, Annius, talks of seventeen of them, among whom was Tuiscon, the father of the Germans; and the author of Juchasin F1 ascribes a fourth son to Noah, whose name he calls Joniko, who taught astronomy in the world, and taught Nimrod the art of war; but these are fabulous stories, and contrary to the sacred Scriptures, which speak of three sons of Noah, and no more, and say that by these the earth was replenished after the flood: hence, among the Heathen writers, we read of Saturn and his three children, who by many circumstances appears to be the same with Noah, as Bochart F2 hath proved at large.


FOOTNOTES:

F26 Antiqu. l. 2. fol. 13. 2.
F1 Fol. 135. 1.
F2 Phaleg. l. 1. c. 1.

Genesis 9:19 In-Context

17 So God said to Noah, "The rainbow is the sign of my covenant. I have made my covenant between me and all life on earth."
18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.
19 The people who were scattered over the earth came from Noah's three sons.
20 Noah was a man who worked the ground. He decided to plant a vineyard.
21 He drank some of its wine. It made him drunk. Then he lay down inside his tent without any clothes on.
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