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Genesis 9:23 KJV
Genesis · chapter 9 · verse 23 · King James Version
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 · King James Version
Genesis 9:23 in context
21And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
23And 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.
24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Key words (Strong's)
- shouldersshᵉkemthe neck as the place of burdensH7926 →
- nakednessʻervâhnudity, literally or figurativelyH6172 →
- backwardʼăchôrannîythbackwardsH322 →
- JaphethYephethJepheth, a son of NoahH3315 →
- garmentsimlâha dress, especially a mantleH8071 →
- coveredkâçâhproperly, to plumpH3680 →
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