Genesis 9:22
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's private parts and went and told his two brothers who were outside.
Free Bible Version
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
21He drank some of the wine he'd produced, got drunk, and fell asleep in his tent, naked.
Cross References
Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
2 Samuel 1:19“Israel, the glorious one lies dead on your mountains. How the mighty have fallen!
1 Chronicles 1:13Canaan was the father of his firstborn son, Sidon, and of the Hittites,
Psalms 40:15May they be shocked at their defeat, those who taunted me.
Proverbs 25:9Discuss the case with your neighbor himself, and don't betray someone else's secret,
Obadiah 1:12You should not have gloated over your brother's day of disaster. You should not have rejoiced over the day of destruction of the sons of Judah. You should not have boasted over the day of their 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 →