Genesis 9:23

So 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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And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.

In Context

22Then Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.

24When Noah awoke from his wine, he learned what his youngest son had done to him.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that Yahweh your God is giving you.

Romans 13:7Pay to everyone what is owed to them. Tax to whom tax is due, toll to whom toll is due; fear to whom fear is due, honor to whom honor is due.

1 Timothy 5:1Do not scold an older man. Instead, exhort him as if he were a father. Exhort younger men as if they were brothers.

1 Timothy 5:19Do not receive an accusation against an elder unless there are two or three witnesses.

1 Peter 4:8Above all things, have fervent love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.

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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