Genesis 9:23

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it across their shoulders, and walked backward to cover their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so they would not see their father’s nakedness.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, went backward, and covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And Sem and Iapheth toke a mantell and put it on both there shulders ad went backward ad covered there fathers secrets but there faces were backward So that they sawe not there fathers nakydnes.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The toke Sem and Iaphet a mantell and put it vpo both their shulders, and wente backwarde, and couered their fathers secretes: & their faces were turned asyde, yt they shulde not se their fathers preuyties.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then tooke Shem & Iapheth a garment, and put it vpon both their shoulders, and went backwarde, and couered the nakednesse of their father with their faces backwarde: so they sawe not their fathers nakednesse.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Sem and Iapheth takyng a garment, layde it vpon their shoulders, and commyng backwarde, couered the nakednesse of their father, namely their faces beyng turned away, lest they should see their fathers nakednesse.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see their father's nakedness.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Shem taketh -- Japheth also -- the garment, and they place on the shoulder of them both, and go backward, and cover the nakedness of their father; and their faces `are' backward, and their father's nakedness they have not seen.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see their father's nakedness.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Shem and Japheth took the garment and placed it on their shoulders. Then they walked in backwards and covered up their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:12 : 12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
  • Lev 19:32 : 32 Stand up in the presence of the elderly, show respect for the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
  • Rom 13:7 : 7 Render to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs are due, respect to whom respect is due, and honor to whom honor is due.
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, if someone is caught in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual should restore such a person with a gentle spirit. Watch yourself, so that you too might not be tempted.
  • 1 Tim 5:1 : 1 Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but appeal to him as you would to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,
  • 1 Tim 5:17 : 17 The elders who lead well should be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.
  • 1 Tim 5:19 : 19 Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses.
  • 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
  • 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 9:18-22
    5 verses
    89%

    18The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)

    19These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

    20Noah, a man of the soil, began to work the land and planted a vineyard.

    21He drank some of the wine, became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.

    22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers outside.

  • Gen 9:24-27
    4 verses
    83%

    24When Noah awoke from his wine and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

    25he said, 'Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.'

    26He also said, 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem.'

    27May God enlarge Japheth's territory, and may he dwell in the tents of Shem; and may Canaan be his servant.

  • Gen 6:10
    76%

    10Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • 1 Chr 1:4
    76%

    4Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • Gen 19:31-35
    5 verses
    74%

    31The older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to marry us in the customary way of the entire earth.

    32"Come, let us get our father to drink wine and sleep with him so that we can preserve our family line through our father."

    33That night, they made their father drink wine, and the older daughter went in and lay with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.

    34The next day, the older daughter said to the younger, "Last night I lay with my father. Let’s make him drink wine again tonight, and you go in and lie with him so we can preserve our family line through him."

    35So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and lay with him. Again, he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.

  • Gen 10:1
    73%

    1These are the genealogies of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

  • Gen 3:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

    8They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden during the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

  • Gen 2:25
    72%

    25The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

  • Lev 18:7-11
    5 verses
    71%

    7Do not dishonor your father by uncovering your mother’s nakedness. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.

    8Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; that would dishonor your father.

    9Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether born in the same household or elsewhere.

    10Do not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would dishonor yourself.

    11Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.

  • Gen 7:13
    70%

    13On that very day, Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons, entered the ark.

  • Gen 10:21
    70%

    21Sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth, the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.

  • Gen 5:32
    70%

    32After Noah was 500 years old, he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • Gen 3:10
    69%

    10He said, 'I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid myself.'

  • Gen 3:21
    68%

    21The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.

  • Lev 20:19
    67%

    19You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister or your father's sister, for this would dishonor a close relative. They shall bear their iniquity.

  • Gen 27:15
    67%

    15Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were in the house, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.