Genesis 9:23 · KJV
“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
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
Genesis 9 — Context
And 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.
Cross References
Galatians 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. {if: or, although}
Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Romans 13:7
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute {is due}; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
1 Timothy 5:17
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
1 Peter 2:17
Honour all {men}. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. {Honour all: or, Esteem all}
1 Peter 4:8
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. {shall: or, will}
1 Timothy 5:1
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat {him} as a father; {and} the younger men as brethren;
Leviticus 19:32
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I {am} the LORD.