Genesis 9:23
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.
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Referenced Verses
- Exod 20:12 : 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Lev 19:32 : 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.
- Rom 13:7 : 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.
- Gal 6:1 : 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.
- 1 Tim 5:1 : 1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
- 1 Tim 5:17 : 17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
- 1 Tim 5:19 : 19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
- 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
- 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
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18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
- Gen 9:24-274 verses83%
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
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10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Gen 19:31-355 verses74%
31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
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1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
- Gen 3:7-82 verses73%
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
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25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
- Lev 18:7-115 verses71%
7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.
11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
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13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
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21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
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32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
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21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
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19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
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30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
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15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: