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Genesis 9:22
22And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.
Genesis 9:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
- New International Version (NIV)Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
Context of Genesis 9:22
20And Noah began [to be] a husbandman, and planted a vineyard. 21And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he uncovered himself in his tent. And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside. 23And Shem and Japheth took the upper garment and both laid [it] upon their shoulders, and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned away, that they saw not their father's nakedness. 24And Noah awoke from his wine, and learned what his youngest son had done to him.
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וַיַּ֗רְא חָ֚ם אֲבִ֣י כְנַ֔עַן אֵ֖ת עֶרְוַ֣ת אָבִ֑יו וַיַּגֵּ֥ד לִשְׁנֵֽי־אֶחָ֖יו בַּחֽוּץ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Genesis 9:22
- Genesis 9:25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.
- Genesis 10:6And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:8The sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim, Phut and Canaan.
- 2 Samuel 1:19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
- Psalms 35:20For they speak not peace; and they devise deceitful words against the quiet in the land.
- Psalms 40:15Let them be desolate, because of their shame, that say unto me, Aha! Aha!
- Psalms 70:3Let them turn back because of their shame that say, Aha! Aha!
- Proverbs 25:9Debate thy cause with thy neighbour, but reveal not the secret of another;
- Proverbs 30:17The eye that mocketh at a father, and despiseth to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
- Obadiah 1:12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nor have opened wide thy mouth in the day of distress.
- Matthew 18:15But if thy brother sin against thee, go, reprove him between thee and him alone. If he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
- 1 Corinthians 13:6does not rejoice at iniquity but rejoices with the truth,
- Galatians 6:1Brethren, if even a man be taken in some fault, ye who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself lest thou also be tempted.
Commentaries on Genesis 9:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22And Ham, the father of Canaan, etc. - There is no occasion to enter into any detail here; the sacred text is circumstantial enough. Ham, and very probably his son Canaan, had treated their father on this occasion with contempt or reprehensible levity. Had Noah not been innocent, as my exposition supposes him, God would not have endued him with the spirit of prophecy on this occasion, and testified such marked disapprobation of their conduct. The conduct…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18-29Verses 18-29 - XXX. The Prophecy of Noah 18. כנען kena‛an “Kenaan, bowed down.” 19. נפץ nāpats “break, scatter, spread.” פוּץ pûts “break, scatter, flow.” 20. כרם kerem “orchard, vineyard.” 21. יין yayı̂n “wine; related: ferment.” After the blessing on the new heads of the human race has been pronounced, and the covenant with them renewed, we are prepared for a new development of human action. This appears, however, in the form of an event which is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-23Verses 18-23 The drunkenness of Noah is recorded in the Bible, with that fairness which is found only in the Scripture, as a case and proof of human weakness and imperfection, even though he may have been surprised into the sin; and to show that the best of men cannot stand upright, unless they depend upon Divine grace, and are upheld thereby. Ham appears to have been a bad man, and probably rejoiced to find his father in an unbecoming situation. It was…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22the father of Canaan: See study note on 9:18. Ham’s behavior was shameful. He looked at his father’s nakedness and did not cover him. Instead, he told his brothers and took away his father’s honor (see Exodus 21:15, 17; Lamentations 4:21; Habakkuk 2:15). An ancient Near Eastern story says that a son is expected to come to his father’s aid when he is drunk (Tale of Aqhat; compare Isaiah 51:17–18). Ham did not do his duty to his family. Because of this…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-2913. I do set my bow in the cloud--set, that is, constitute or appoint. This common and familiar phenomenon being made the pledge of peace, its appearance when showers began to fall would be welcomed with the liveliest feelings of joy.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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