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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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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century
  1. כנען kena‘an — “Kena‘an, bowed down.”
  2. נפץ nāpats — “break, scatter, spread.” פוּץ p…
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Ham ... saw ... and told. —The sin was not in seeing, which might be unintentional, but in telli…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And Shem and Japheth took a garment. Here the piety, as well as the modesty, of the two brothers is commended; who, so that their father's…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Shem and Japheth took a garment
Who were the two brothers Ham told what he had seen, and who, no doubt, reproved…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The drunkenness of Noah is recorded in the Bible with that fairness found only in Scripture. It serves as a case and proof of human weakness and im…

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