Genesis 9:22

Which when Cham the father of Chaanan had seen, to wit, that his father's nakedness was uncovered, he told it to his two brethren without.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 drinking of the wine was made drunk, and was uncovered in his tent.

23But Sem and Japheth put a cloak upon their shoulders, and going backward, covered the nakedness of their father: and their faces were turned away, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:6And the sons of Cham: Chus, and Mesram, and Phuth, and Chanaan.

2 Samuel 1:19The illustrious of Israel are slain upon thy mountains: how are the valiant fallen?

1 Chronicles 1:13And Chanaan beget Sidon his firstborn, and the Hethite,

Psalms 40:15Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek after my soul to take it away. Let them be turned backward and be ashamed that desire evils to me.

Proverbs 25:9Treat thy cause with thy friend, and discover not the secret to a stranger:

Obadiah 1:12But thou shalt not look on in the day of thy brother, in the day of his leaving his country: and thou shalt not rejoice over the children of Juda, in the day of their destruction: and thou shalt not magnify thy mouth in the day of distress.

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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