Genesis 9:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Shem and Japheth took a robe, and putting it on their backs went in with their faces turned away, and put it over their father so that they might not see him unclothed.

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  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
  • Lev 19:32 : 32 Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Give to all what is their right: taxes to him whose they are, payment to him whose right it is, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour is to be given.
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, if a man is taken in any wrongdoing, you who are of the Spirit will put such a one right in a spirit of love; keeping watch on yourself, for fear that you yourself may be tested.
  • 1 Tim 5:1 : 1 Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers:
  • 1 Tim 5:17 : 17 Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.
  • 1 Tim 5:19 : 19 Do not take as true any statement made against one in authority, but only if two or three give witness to it.
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:

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    18 And the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is the father of Canaan.

    19 These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was peopled.

    20 In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.

    21 And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he was uncovered in his tent.

    22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father unclothed, and gave news of it to his two brothers outside.

  • Gen 9:24-27
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    24 And, awaking from his wine, Noah saw what his youngest son had done to him, and he said,

    25 Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.

    26 And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his servant.

    27 May God make Japheth great, and let his living-place be in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.

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    31 And the older daughter said to her sister, Our father is old, and there is no man to be a husband to us in the natural way:

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    33 And that night they made their father take much wine; and the older daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.

    34 And on the day after, the older daughter said to the younger, Last night I was with my father; let us make him take much wine this night again, and do you go to him, so that we may have offspring by our father.

    35 And that night again they made their father take much wine; and the younger daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.

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    1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: these are the sons which they had after the great flow of waters

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    25 And the man and his wife were without clothing, and they had no sense of shame.

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    7 You may not have sex relations with your father or your mother: she is your mother, you may not take her.

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