Genesis 9:23

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.

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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 the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:12Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Romans 13:7Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due ; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

1 Timothy 5:1Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

1 Timothy 5:19Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

1 Peter 4:8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity will cover 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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