Verse 23

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.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 20:12 : 12 `Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
• Lev 19:32 : 32 `At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I `am' Jehovah.
• Rom 13:7 : 7 render, therefore, to all `their' dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.
• Gal 6:1 : 1 Brethren, if a man also may be overtaken in any trespass, ye who `are' spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself -- lest thou also may be tempted;
• 1 Tim 5:1 : 1 An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren;
• 1 Tim 5:17 : 17 The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,
• 1 Tim 5:19 : 19 Against an elder an accusation receive not, except upon two or three witnesses.
• 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.
• 1 Pet 4:8 : 8 and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;