Genesis 9:23

And Shem and Japheth took a mantle, and put it on the shoulder of them both and went backwards, and covered the shame of their father, but their faces were backwards, and the shame of their father, saw they not.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

22And Ham the father of Canaan saw his father’s shame,—and told his two brethren outside.

24And Noah awoke from his wine,—and came to know what his youngest son had done to him.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honour thy father, and thy mother,—that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee.

Romans 13:7Render unto all their dues,—unto whom tribute, tribute, unto whom tax, tax, unto whom fear, fear, unto whom honour, honour.

1 Timothy 5:1An elderly man, do not thou reprimand, but beseech him, as [though he were thy] father,—younger men, as brothers,

1 Timothy 5:19Against an elder, entertain not, an accusation, except at, [the mouth of] two, or three, witnesses;

1 Peter 4:8Before all things, keeping, fervent, your love, among yourselves, because, love, covereth 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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