Genesis 9:22

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father lying naked in the tent. So he went outside and told his two older brothers what he had seen.

Translation for Translators

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

21When they later produced grapes, he made wine from the grapes. One day, when he drank too much of the wine, he became drunk, and he lay naked in his tent.

23Then Shem and Japheth took a large cloth and placed it across their backs, and walked backwards into the tent. They covered their father’s naked body with the cloth. Their faces were turned away from their father, so they did not see him naked.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:6The descendants of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.

2 Samuel 1:19“You Israeli people, your glorious [MTY] leaders have been killed on the mountains! It is very sad that those mighty men have died!

1 Chronicles 1:13Canaan’s first son was Sidon. He was also the ancestor of the Heth people-group,

Psalms 40:15I hope/desire that those who make fun of me will be dismayed when you defeat them.

Proverbs 25:9If you and someone else think differently about some matter, settle it between yourselves, and do not tell others any secret that he has told you.

Obadiah 1:12You should not have ◄gloated/been happy► about the disaster that the Israelis were experiencing. You should not have been happy when their towns were ruined. You should not have made fun of them when they were suffering.

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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