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AndוַHam,חָםthe fatherאֲבִיof Canaan,כְנַעַןsawיַּרְאthe nakednessאֵת עֶרְוַתof his fatherאָבִיוand toldוַיַּגֵּדhis twoלִשְׁנֵיbrothersאֶחָיוoutside.בַּחוּץ
Genesis 9:22
Study it in the app“And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 9:22, word by word
- Hamחָםcham
Ham
Ham, one of the three sons of Noah, father of Canaan, Cush and Mizraim; also his descendants and their land.
Where else “cham” appears- the fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- of Canaanכְנַעַןchenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “chenaan” appears- sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- the nakednessעֶרְוַתervat
nakedness
Nakedness; the private parts of the body; figuratively, shame. Seeing another's nakedness was a grave lack of respect.
Where else “ervat” appears- and toldיַּגֵּדyaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appears- his twoשְׁנֵיshene
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appears- brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears
Places in this verse
Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
21And he drank of the wine and became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
22 · This verse (above)
23And Shem and Japheth took the cloak and laid it on the shoulders of both of them, and they walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned backward, and the nakedness of their father they did not see.
To study Genesis 9 in a group
1. What it says
What sign did Elohim set as a covenant with Noah and every living creature (vv. 12-13)?
2. What it means
What does verse 6 say about the value of human life, and what reason does it give?
3. How I live it
What simple sign can help you remember Elohim’s promises today?