Genesis 9:22
20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
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, 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.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
- KJV
- And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
- WEB
- Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
- ASV
- And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
- DARBY
- And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.
- BLB
- And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and he told his two brothers outside.
- ÅB
- Og da Kam, Kana'ans far, så sin far ligge naken, fortalte han det til begge sine brødre, som var utenfor.
- OTB
- Kam, far til Kanaan, så sin fars nakenhet og fortalte det til sine to brødre utenfor.
- B1930
- Og da Kam, Kana'ans far, så sin far ligge naken, fortalte han det til begge sine brødre, som var utenfor.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 30:17
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Read in contextGalatians 6:1
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Read in contextMatthew 18:15
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Read in context1 Corinthians 13:6
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
Read in contextPsalms 40:15
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
Read in contextObadiah 1:12–13
But 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.
Read in contextGenesis 10:15–19
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
Read in contextPsalms 70:3
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
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