The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 9:19

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

These are the three sons of Noah; and of them was the whole earth—i.e. the earth's population (cf. Genesis 11:1; Genesis 19:31)—overspread. More correctly, dispersed themselves abroad. διεοπα ì ρησαν ἐ πι Ì πᾶ σαν τη Ì ν γῆ ν (LXX.

): disseminatum est omne genus hominum (Vulgate).

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