Genesis 9:22

Then Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers about it.

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

In Context

21When he drank the wine he became drunk, and lay uncovered in his tent.

23But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and went backward to cover the nakedness of their father, their faces being 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, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.

Psalms 40:15May those who hurrah over me be dumbfounded because of their shame.

Obadiah 1:12You should not have gloated over your relatives, in the day of their misfortune. You should not have exulted over the land of Judah in the day of their destruction. You should not have laughed loudly at 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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