Genesis 9:22

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

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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 and became drunk. He was lying uncovered in his tent.

23So Shem and Japheth took a robe and laid it upon both their shoulders, and walked backwards and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned the other way, so they did not see their father's nakedness.

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Cross References

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

2 Samuel 1:19“Your glory, Israel, 2 is dead, killed on your high places! 1 How the mighty have fallen! 1

1 Chronicles 1:13Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and of the Hittites.

Psalms 40:15Let them be shocked because of their shame, 1 those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” 1

Proverbs 25:9Argue your case between you and your neighbor himself 1 and do not disclose another's secret, 1

Obadiah 1:12But do not gloat over your brother's day, in the day of his misfortune, and do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction; do not boast 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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