Genesis 9:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֗רְא חָ֚ם אֲבִ֣י כְנַ֔עַן אֵ֖ת עֶרְוַ֣ת אָבִ֑יו וַיַּגֵּ֥ד לִשְׁנֵֽי־אֶחָ֖יו בַּחֽוּץ׃

Transliteration

And-wayyarĕʾ ḥām ʾăbî kĕnaʿan ʾēt ʿerwat ʾābîw and-wayyaggēd to-šĕnê-ʾeḥāyw in-baḥûṣ.

Grammar Details

• *wayyarĕʾ*: waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he saw
• *ḥām*: proper noun, masculine, singular - Ham
• *ʾăbî*: noun, masculine, singular, construct state - father of
• *kĕnaʿan*: proper noun, masculine, singular - Canaan
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *ʿerwat*: noun, feminine, singular, construct state - nakedness of
• *ʾābîw*: noun, masculine, singular + 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his father
• *wayyaggēd*: waw-consecutive + imperfect, 3rd singular masculine, hiphil - and he told
• *šĕnê*: noun, masculine, dual, construct state - two of
• *ʾeḥāyw*: noun, masculine, plural + 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his brothers
• *baḥûṣ*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular + definite article - in the outside

Word Meanings

• *wayyarĕʾ*: and he saw/and he looked at/and he observed
• *ʾăbî*: father of/ancestor of/originator of
• *ʿerwat*: nakedness/private parts/shame/genitalia of
• *wayyaggēd*: and he told/and he declared/and he reported
• *baḥûṣ*: outside/in the street/in public

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Ham the father of Canaan sawe his fathers prevytees and tolde his ij. brethren that were wythout.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now when Ha the father of Canaan sawe his fathers preuities, he tolde his two brethren without.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when Ham the father of Canaan sawe the nakednesse of his father, he tolde his two brethren without.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Ham the father of Chanaan, seeyng the nakednesse of his father, tolde his two brethren without.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Ham, father of Canaan, seeth the nakedness of his father, and declareth to his two brethren without.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers who were outside.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 35:20-21 : 20 For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters against those who are quiet in the land. 21 Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.
• Ps 40:15 : 15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame who say to me, Aha, aha.
• Ps 70:3 : 3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame who say, Aha, aha.
• Prov 25:9 : 9 Debate your cause with your neighbor himself; and do not disclose a secret to another;
• Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocks his father and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
• Obad 1:12-13 : 12 But you should not have gazed on the day of your brother in the day of his calamity; nor should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nor should you have spoken proudly in the day of distress. 13 You should not have entered the gate of My people in the day of their calamity; indeed, you should not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity.
• Matt 18:15 : 15 Moreover if your brother trespasses against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he hears you, you have gained your brother.
• 1 Cor 13:6 : 6 Does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
• Gal 6:1 : 1 Brothers, if a man is caught in a fault, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; considering yourself, lest you also be tempted.
• Gen 9:25 : 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants he shall be to his brothers.
• Gen 10:6 : 6 And the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan.
• Gen 10:15-19 : 15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. And afterward the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go to Gerar, unto Gaza; as you go, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
• 2 Sam 1:19-20 : 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon your high places: how are the mighty fallen! 20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
• 1 Chr 1:8 : 8 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
• 1 Chr 1:13-16 : 13 Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, 14 The Jebusite also, the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 15 The Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite, 16 The Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.