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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/9.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/9.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Ham, the father of Canaan, saw [by accident] the nakedness of his father, and [to his father’s shame] told his two brothers outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Ham entered the tent and saw him naked, then went back outside and told his brothers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Ham, father of Canaan, saw his father naked. So he went outside and told his two brothers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked, he went out and told his two brothers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Ham, who fathered Canaan, saw his father's genitals and told his two brothers outside. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father?s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers who were outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Ham, father of Canaan, sees the nakedness of his father, and declares to his two brothers outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Ham, father of Canaan, seeth the nakedness of his father, and declareth to his two brethren without.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Ham the father of Canaan will see the nakedness of his father, and he will declare to his two brethren without.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Which when Cham the father of Chaanan had seen, to wit, that his father's nakedness was uncovered, he told it to his two brethren without. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Because of this, when Ham, the father of Canaan, had indeed seen the privates of his father to be naked, he reported it to his two brothers outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness, and he told his two brothers outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and he told his two brothers outside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Kham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father and he showed his two brothers.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Cham the father of Chanaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he went out and told his two brothers without.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/9-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=2028" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/9.htm">Noah's Shame and Canaan's Curse</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2526.htm" title="2526: ḥām (N-proper-ms) -- The same as cham; hot; Cham, a son of Noah; also his descendants or their country.">And Ham,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇî (N-msc) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">the father</a> <a href="/hebrew/3667.htm" title="3667: ḵə·na·‘an (N-proper-ms) -- From kana'; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him.">of Canaan,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: way·yar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">saw</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ā·ḇîw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">his father’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/6172.htm" title="6172: ‘er·waṯ (N-fsc) -- Nakedness. From arah; nudity, literally or figuratively.">nakedness</a> <a href="/hebrew/5046.htm" title="5046: way·yag·gêḏ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To be conspicuous. ">and told</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: liš·nê- (Prep-l:: Number-mdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">his two</a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: ’e·ḥāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">brothers</a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: ba·ḥūṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">outside.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/18-8.htm">Leviticus 18:8</a></span><br />You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-11.htm">Leviticus 20:11</a></span><br />If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-20.htm">Deuteronomy 27:20</a></span><br />‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/16-22.htm">2 Samuel 16:22</a></span><br />So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm">Habakkuk 2:15</a></span><br />Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-1.htm">1 Corinthians 5:1</a></span><br />It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-18.htm">1 Corinthians 6:18</a></span><br />Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Ephesians 5:11-12</a></span><br />Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. / For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:3-5</a></span><br />For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/3-18.htm">Revelation 3:18</a></span><br />I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/20-1.htm">Proverbs 20:1</a></span><br />Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/23-29.htm">Proverbs 23:29-35</a></span><br />Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? / Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks. / Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Isaiah 5:11-12</a></span><br />Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. / At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">Isaiah 28:7</a></span><br />These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a></span><br />The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers without.</p><p class="hdg">Ham.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/9-25.htm">Genesis 9:25</a></b></br> And he said, Cursed <i>be</i> Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-6.htm">Genesis 10:6,15-19</a></b></br> And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/1-8.htm">1 Chronicles 1:8,13-16</a></b></br> The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan… </p><p class="hdg">told.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/1-19.htm">2 Samuel 1:19,20</a></b></br> The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/35-20.htm">Psalm 35:20,21</a></b></br> For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against <i>them that are</i> quiet in the land… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/40-15.htm">Psalm 40:15</a></b></br> Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/9-18.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-3.htm">Declareth</a> <a href="/revelation/14-1.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/genesis/9-18.htm">Ham</a> <a href="/revelation/3-18.htm">Nakedness</a> <a href="/revelation/14-6.htm">News</a> <a href="/genesis/6-14.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-4.htm">Unclothed</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/9-25.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/genesis/14-13.htm">Declareth</a> <a href="/genesis/9-23.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/genesis/10-1.htm">Ham</a> <a href="/genesis/9-23.htm">Nakedness</a> <a href="/genesis/21-6.htm">News</a> <a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/isaiah/20-3.htm">Unclothed</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-1.htm">God blesses Noah and his sons, and grants them flesh for food.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-4.htm">Blood and murder are forbidden.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-8.htm">God's covenant, of which the rainbow was constituted a pledge.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-18.htm">Noah's family replenishes the world.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-20.htm">Noah plants a vineyard,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-21.htm">Is drunken, and mocked by his son;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-25.htm">Curses Canaan;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-26.htm">Blesses Shem;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/9-27.htm">Prays for Japheth, and dies.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And Ham, the father of Canaan,</b><br>This phrase identifies Ham as the father of Canaan, which is significant in understanding the later narrative of the Canaanites, who are often depicted as adversaries of Israel. The mention of Canaan here foreshadows the curse that Noah will pronounce on Canaan in <a href="/genesis/9-25.htm">Genesis 9:25</a>. This connection is crucial for understanding the historical enmity between the Israelites and the Canaanites. The genealogical link also highlights the importance of lineage and inheritance in biblical narratives.<p><b>saw his father’s nakedness</b><br>The act of seeing Noah's nakedness is often interpreted as a sign of disrespect and dishonor. In the cultural context of the ancient Near East, nakedness was associated with shame and vulnerability. This incident reflects the broader biblical theme of the consequences of sin and the loss of innocence, reminiscent of Adam and Eve's realization of their nakedness in <a href="/genesis/3-7.htm">Genesis 3:7</a>. The phrase may also imply a deeper moral failing or breach of family honor, which is why it results in a curse.<p><b>and told his two brothers outside.</b><br>Ham's decision to tell his brothers rather than covering his father himself is seen as an act of further disrespect. This action contrasts with the respectful behavior of Shem and Japheth, who cover their father without looking at him. The narrative emphasizes the importance of honoring one's parents, a theme that is later codified in the Ten Commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-12.htm">Exodus 20:12</a>). The brothers' response also prefigures the biblical principle of love covering a multitude of sins (<a href="/1_peter/4-8.htm">1 Peter 4:8</a>), highlighting the virtue of discretion and respect within family relationships.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/ham.htm">Ham</a></b><br>The second son of Noah, who is noted for seeing his father's nakedness and telling his brothers. His actions lead to significant consequences for his descendants.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/n/noah.htm">Noah</a></b><br>The patriarch who found favor with God and survived the Flood with his family. In this passage, he becomes drunk and lies uncovered in his tent.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaan.htm">Canaan</a></b><br>The son of Ham, who is indirectly affected by Ham's actions. Noah later curses Canaan, which has implications for his descendants.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/shem_and_japheth.htm">Shem and Japheth</a></b><br>The brothers of Ham, who respond differently to their father's situation by covering Noah without looking at him.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tent.htm">The Tent</a></b><br>The setting of the event, representing a private space that is violated by Ham's actions.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/respect_for_authority_and_family.htm">Respect for Authority and Family</a></b><br>Ham's actions demonstrate a lack of respect for his father, Noah. This passage teaches the importance of honoring and respecting family members, especially those in positions of authority.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Ham's indiscretion leads to a curse on his descendants, illustrating how sin can have far-reaching consequences beyond the immediate moment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_discretion.htm">The Importance of Discretion</a></b><br>Shem and Japheth's respectful handling of the situation shows the value of discretion and the importance of protecting the dignity of others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_brotherhood.htm">The Role of Brotherhood</a></b><br>The contrasting actions of Ham and his brothers highlight the importance of supporting and protecting one another within the family unit.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_ham_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Ham in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_curse_of_ham.htm">What is the Curse of Ham?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_nude_art_viewing_moral.htm">Is viewing nude art morally acceptable?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_canaan_punished_for_ham's_sin.htm">Why is Canaan punished for his father’s wrongdoing (Genesis 9:20–27)? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22, 23) <span class= "bld">Ham </span>. . . <span class= "bld">saw </span>. . . <span class= "bld">and told.</span>--The sin lay not in seeing, which might be unintentional, but in telling, especially if his purpose was to ridicule his father. His brothers, with filial piety, "take a garment," the loose outer robe or cloak enveloping the whole body, and with reverent delicacy walk backwards, and lay it upon their father's person.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness</span>. Pudenda, from a root (<span class="hebrew">עָרָה</span>) signifying to make naked, from a kindred root to which (<span class="hebrew">עָרם</span>) comes the term expressive of the nakedness of Adam and Eve after eating the forbidden fruit (<a href="/genesis/3-7.htm">Genesis 3:7</a>). The sin of Ham - not a trifling and unintentional transgression" (Von Bohlen) - obviously lay not in seeing what perhaps he may have come upon unexpectedly, but <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> in wickedly rejoicing in what he saw, which, considering who he was that was overcome with wine, - "the minister of salvation to men, and the chief restorer of the world," - the relation in which he stood to Ham, - that of father, - the advanced age to which he had now come, and the comparatively mature years of Ham himself, who was "already more than a hundred years old," should have filled him with sincere sorrow; "sed nunquam vino victum pattern filius risisset, nisi prius ejecisset animo illam reverentiam et opinionem, quae in liberis de parentibus ex mandato Dei existere debet" (Luther); and <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> in reporting it, doubtless with a malicious purpose, to his brethren. <span class="cmt_word">And told his two brethren without.</span> Possibly inviting them to come and look upon their father's shame. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/9-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Ham,</span><br /><span class="heb">חָ֚ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḥām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2526.htm">Strong's 2526: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ham -- a son of Noah, also his descendants, also a name for Egyptians</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the father</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Canaan,</span><br /><span class="heb">כְנַ֔עַן</span> <span class="translit">(ḵə·na·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3667.htm">Strong's 3667: </a> </span><span class="str2">Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">saw</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֗רְא</span> <span class="translit">(way·yar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his father’s</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבִ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇîw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nakedness</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶרְוַ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(‘er·waṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6172.htm">Strong's 6172: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nakedness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and told</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּגֵּ֥ד</span> <span class="translit">(way·yag·gêḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5046.htm">Strong's 5046: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be conspicuous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his two</span><br /><span class="heb">לִשְׁנֵֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(liš·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Number - mdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">brothers</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶחָ֖יו</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḥāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> </span><span class="str2">A brother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">outside.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֽוּץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥūṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> </span><span class="str2">Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/9-22.htm">Genesis 9:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/9-22.htm">Genesis 9:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/9-22.htm">Genesis 9:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/9-22.htm">Genesis 9:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/9-22.htm">Genesis 9:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/9-22.htm">Genesis 9:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/9-22.htm">Genesis 9:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/9-22.htm">Genesis 9:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/9-22.htm">Genesis 9:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/9-22.htm">Genesis 9:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/9-22.htm">OT Law: Genesis 9:22 Ham the father of Canaan saw (Gen. 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