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Genesis 9

Gen. 9:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Ham
Cham (Hebrew #2526)
hot (from the tropical habitat); Cham, a son of Noah; also (as a patronymic) his descendants or their country
KJV usage: Ham.
Pronounce: khawm
Origin: the same as 2525
, the father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
of Canaan
Kna`an (Hebrew #3667)
humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
KJV usage: Canaan, merchant, traffick.
Pronounce: ken-ah'-an
Origin: from 3665
, saw
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
q the nakedness
`ervah (Hebrew #6172)
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
KJV usage: nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
Pronounce: er-vaw'
Origin: from 6168
of his father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
r, and told
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
his two
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
without
chuwts (Hebrew #2351)
(both forms feminine in the plural) from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoors
KJV usage: abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.
Pronounce: khoots
Origin: or (shortened) chuts {khoots}
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Ministry on This Verse

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told.
2 Sam. 1:19‑20• 19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places:{HR}How are the mighty fallen!{HR}
20Tell it not in Gath,{HR}Carry not the tidings in the streets of Ashkelon;{HR}Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,{HR}Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.{HR}
(2 Sam. 1:19‑20)
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Psa. 35:20‑21• 20For they speak not peace,{HR}But they devise deceitful words against the quiet ones of the earth.
21And they open wide their mouth upon me;{HR}They have said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.
(Psa. 35:20‑21)
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Psa. 40:15• 15They shall be desolate as a reward for their shame{HR}That say to me, Aha, aha. (Psa. 40:15)
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Psa. 70:3• 3Turned back for a reward of their shame be those that say, Aha, Aha! (Psa. 70:3)
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Prov. 25:9• 9Debate thy cause with thy neighbour,{HR}But reveal not the secret of another; (Prov. 25:9)
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Prov. 30:17• 17The eye that mocketh at a father,{HR}And despiseth to obey a mother,{HR}The ravens of the valley shall pick it out,{HR}And the young eagles shall eat it. (Prov. 30:17)
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Obad. 12‑13• 12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger, neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
13Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity.
(Obad. 12‑13)
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Matt. 18:15• 15But if thy brother sin against thee, go, reprove him between thee and him alone. If he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. (Matt. 18:15)
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1 Cor. 13:6• 6rejoiceth not over iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth, (1 Cor. 13:6)
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Gal. 6:1• 1Brethren, if a man be even taken in some offence, do ye, the spiritual ones, restore such an one in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself lest thou also be tempted. (Gal. 6:1)
• The vilest can see it and despise the guilty, where love would cover a multitude of sins. How deep the ruin where the shame of the father drew out only the contempt of son and grandson! (“Genesis 9:20-24” by W. Kelly)
• And the sin and dishonor wrought not godly sorrow but contempt in his own household. His younger son Ham was as insensible to God's glory as to what was due to his father, even in such calamitous circumstances; he only manifested the wickedness of his own heart by the unfeeling mockery he put on Noah, and the ready desire to spread his father's shame and ensnare his two brothers. (“Genesis 9:20-24” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Ham, father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.