Genesis 9 · Verse 19

Genesis 9:19

These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
Genesis 9:19, King James Version

Genesis 9:19 in other translations

BSBThese three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
WEBThese three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
ASVThese three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth overspread.
YLTThese three are sons of Noah, and from these hath all the earth been overspread.
DARBYThese three are the sons of Noah; and from these was the population of the whole earth spread abroad.
BBEThese three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was peopled.
WebsterThese three were the sons of Noah: and from them was the whole earth overspread.

What does Genesis 9:19 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 9:18-23

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…

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Genesis 9:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שְׁלֹשָׁ֥הshe.lo.ShahthreeH7969
אֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
בְּנֵי\־be.nei-[were] [the] sons ofH1121
נֹ֑חַNo.achNoahH5146
וּמֵאֵ֖לֶּהu.me.'E.lehand from theseH428
נָֽפְצָ֥הna.fe.Tzah<it> dispersedH5310
כָל\־khol-allH3605
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe earthH776

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Cross references for Genesis 9:19

  • Genesis 10:2-32

    The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. …

  • 1 Chronicles 1:4-28

    Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. …

  • Genesis 8:17

    Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

  • Genesis 5:32

    And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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Context

  • Genesis 9:18

    And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

  • Genesis 9:19

    These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

  • Genesis 9:20

    And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

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Genesis 9:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Estos tres son los hijos de Noé; y de ellos fué llena toda la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ces trois sont fils de Noé; et c’est d’eux que la population fut disséminée sur toute la terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Diese drei sind die Söhne Noahs und von diesen aus ist die ganze Erde bevölkert worden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tres isti filii sunt Noë: et ab his disseminatum est omne genus hominum super universam terram.