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Genesis 9:22

And Cham, the av of Kena'an, saw the erom (nakedness) of his av, and told his two achim on the outside.

Orthodox Jewish 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

21And he drank of the yayin, and became shikker (intoxicated); and he lay uncovered inside his ohel.

23And Shem and Yephet took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and walked backward, and covered the erom of their av; and their faces were turned the other way, and they saw not the erom of their av.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:6And the Bnei Cham: Cush, and Mitzrayim, and Put, and Kena'an.

2 Samuel 1:19The glory of Yisroel is slain upon thy high places; 1 how are the Gibborim fallen! 1

1 Chronicles 1:13And Kena'an fathered Tzidon his bechor, and Chet,

Psalms 40:15Let them be ashamed and mutually confounded 1 that seek after my nefesh to destroy it; 1 let them be driven backward and put to shame 1 that wish me evil. 1

Proverbs 25:9Plead thy cause with thy re'a himself; 1 and betray not a sod (confidence) to another, 1

Obadiah 1:12But thou shouldest not have gloated over the day 1 of thy brother in the day of his misfortune; 1 neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the Bnei Yehudah 1 in the day of their destruction; 1 neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly 1 in the Yom Tzarah (Day of Trouble). 1

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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