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Genesis 9:23

World English Bible

Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness.

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Genesis 9:23 in other translations

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.

Genesis 9:23 · American Standard Version

Genesis 9:23 in context

  1. 21He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
  2. 22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
  3. 23Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness.
  4. 24Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
  5. 25He said,
    “Canaan is cursed.
    He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”