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Genesis 9:22

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father unclothed, and gave news of it to his two brothers outside.

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In The King James Version

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

In Context

21And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he was uncovered in his tent.

23And Shem and Japheth took a robe, and putting it on their backs went in with their faces turned away, and put it over their father so that they might not see him unclothed.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:6And the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

2 Samuel 1:19The glory, O Israel, is dead on your high places! How have the great ones been made low!

1 Chronicles 1:13And Canaan was the father of Zidon, his oldest son, and Heth,

Psalms 40:15\40:14\Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

Proverbs 25:9Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

Obadiah 1:12Do not see with pleasure your brother's evil day, the day of his fate, and do not be glad over the children of Judah on the day of their destruction, or make wide your mouth on the day of trouble.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:19-24

Sin of Ham. ( b. c. 2347.) 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. 19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread. 20 And Noah began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment,… Read the whole commentary →

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