Genesis 9:22

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

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21And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

23And 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.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

2 Samuel 1:19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

1 Chronicles 1:13And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,

Psalms 40:15Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

Proverbs 25:9Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:

Obadiah 1:12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken 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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