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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Shem and Japheth took a garment,.... Who were the two brothers Ham told what he had seen, and who, no doubt,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 9:18-29
- XXX. The Prophecy of Noah 18. כנען kena‛an, “Kena‘an, bowed down.” 19. נפץ nāpats, “break, scatter, spread.” פוּץ…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 9:18-23
Here is, I. Noah's family and employment. The names of his sons are again mentioned (Gen 9:18, Gen 9:19) as those from…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
a garment Heb. simlah, LXX ἱμάτιον, Lat. pallium: the large upper garment which was also used as a covering by night, as…
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