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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.

KJV

At vero Sem et Japheth pallium imposuerunt humeris suis, et incedentes retrorsum, operuerunt verenda patris sui : faciesque eorum aversæ erant, et patris virilia non viderunt.

Vulgate

καὶ λαβόντες Σὴμ καὶ Ἰάφεθ τὸ ἱμάτιον ἐπέθηκαν ἐπὶ τὰ δύο νῶτα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ὀπισθοφανῶς καὶ συνεκάλυψαν τὴν γύμνωσιν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν· καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν ὀπισθοφανές, καὶ τὴν γύμνωσιν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν οὐκ ἴδον.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יִּקַּח֩ שֵׁ֨ם וָ/יֶ֜פֶת אֶת הַ/שִּׂמְלָ֗ה וַ/יָּשִׂ֨ימוּ֙ עַל שְׁכֶ֣ם שְׁנֵי/הֶ֔ם וַ/יֵּֽלְכוּ֙ אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית וַ/יְכַסּ֕וּ אֵ֖ת עֶרְוַ֣ת אֲבִי/הֶ֑ם וּ/פְנֵי/הֶם֙ אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית וְ/עֶרְוַ֥ת אֲבִי/הֶ֖ם לֹ֥א רָאֽוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית
'chrnyt
adverb · 7×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
ו
v
noun · 31×
וֹ
v
noun · 21×
יָֽפֶת
ypt
proper_noun · 11×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְכַסֶּ֣ה
mksh
verb · 152×
עֶרְוַ֥ת
'rvt
noun · 54×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
שֵׁ֖ם
shm
proper_noun · 17×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  • Gal 6:1 — Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.