Genesis 9:22

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

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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

21He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.

23Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t 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, was slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!

1 Chronicles 1:13Canaan became the father of Sidon his firstborn, Heth,

Psalms 40:15Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, “Aha! Aha!”

Proverbs 25:9Debate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another,

Obadiah 1:12But don’t look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don’t rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don’t speak proudly in the day of 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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