Genesis 9:22

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.

Majority Standard Bible

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

21But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

23Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

2 Samuel 1:19“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!

1 Chronicles 1:13And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

Psalms 40:15May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.

Proverbs 25:9Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,

Obadiah 1:12But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in 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 →

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