Passage Research
Genesis 9 — Sermon Preparation
God establishes a covenant with Noah, sets the rainbow as its sign, and the episode of Noah's sons is recorded. Below is a research summary for Genesis 9, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Genesis 9 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נֹחַ | Nôach | H5146 | 9 | Noach |
| חַי | chay | H2416 | 9 | alive, raw |
| בְּרִית | bᵉrîyth | H1285 | 7 | compact |
| בָּשָׂר | bâsâr | H1320 | 6 | flesh, freshness |
| נֶפֶשׁ | nephesh | H5315 | 7 | breathing creature, animal |
| מַבּוּל | mabbûwl | H3999 | 4 | deluge |
| כְּנַעַן | Kᵉnaʻan | H3667 | 5 | Kenaan |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“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, even to his brethren. This certainly points at the victories in after-times obtained by Israel over the Canaanites, by which they were put to the sword, or brought to pay tribute. The whole continent of Africa was peopled mostly by the descendants of Ham; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Genesis 9:24–35 (Public Domain)
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