Genesis 9:24

And Noe waked of the wine, and when he had learned what things his less (er), or younger + 9:24 Most modern translations and Bible dictionaries refer to Ham as Noah’s youngest son, though he is second in all the lists. The KJV, like the “ Wycliffe Bible” (both versions), uses ‘younger’ in this verse., son had done to him, (And when Noah awoke from the wine, and he had learned what his youngest son had done to him,)

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

23And Shem and Japheth putted a mantle on their shoulders, and they went backward, and covered the shameful members of their father, and their faces were turned away, and they saw not the privy members of their father.

25he said, Cursed be the child Canaan, he shall be (a) servant of servants to his brethren. (he said, Cursed be Ham’s child Canaan, let him be a slave of slaves to his brothers.)

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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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