Genesis 9:23

And truly, Shem and Japheth put a cloak upon their arms, and, advancing backwards, covered the privates of their father. And their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father’s manhood.

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In The King James Version

And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.

In Context

22Because of this, when Ham, the father of Canaan, had indeed seen the privates of his father to be naked, he reported it to his two brothers outside.

24Then Noah, awaking from the wine, when he had learned what his younger son had done to him,

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

Romans 13:7Therefore, render to all whatever is owed. Taxes, to whom taxes is due; revenue, to whom revenue is due; fear, to whom fear is due; honor, to whom honor is due.

1 Timothy 5:1You should not rebuke an old man, but rather plead with him, as if he were your father; with young men, like brothers;

1 Timothy 5:19Do not be willing to accept an accusation against a priest, except under two or three witnesses.

1 Peter 4:8But, before all things, have a constant mutual charity among yourselves. For love covers a multitude of sins.

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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