Genesis 9
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Genesis 9:22-27

22Ham, the father of Canaan, 1saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. 23But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were 2turned away, so that they did not see their father’s nakedness. 24When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him. 25So he said, “3Cursed be Canaan; 45A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers.” 26He also said, “6Blessed be the Lord, The God of Shem; And let Canaan be 7his servant.278May God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be 9his servant.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 9:22 Hab 2:15 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 9:23 Lit backward ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 9:25 Deut 27:16 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 9:25 I.e. The lowest of servants ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 9:25 Josh 9:23 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 9:26 Gen 14:20; 24:27 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 9:26 Or their ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 9:27 Gen 10:2-5; Is 66:19 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 9:27 Or their ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 9

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