Genesis 9:23 - The Scriptures 1998

²³ So Shĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ So Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it upon the shoulders of both, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

²³ Shem and Japheth took a robe, threw it over their shoulders, walked backward, and covered their naked father without looking at him because they turned away.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And truly, Shem and Japheth put a cloak upon their arms, and, advancing backwards, covered the privates of their father. And their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father's manhood.

Genesis 9:23 Cross References

Genesis 9:22

And Ḥ

Genesis 9:24

And Noaḥ

Exodus 20:12

“Respect your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged upon the soil which יהוה  your Elohim is giving you.

Leviticus 19:32

‘Rise up before the grey-headed. And you shall favour the face of an old man, and shall fear your Elohim. I am יהוה.

Romans 13:7

Render therefore to all what is due to them: tax to whom tax is due, toll to whom toll, fear to whom fear, respect to whom respect.

Galatians 6:1

Brothers, if a man is overtaken in some trespass, you the spiritual ones, set such a one straight in a spirit of meekness, looking at yourself lest you be tried too.

1 Timothy 5:1

Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as a father, younger ones as brothers,

1 Timothy 5:17

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double respect, especially those who labour in the word and teaching.

1 Timothy 5:19

Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses.

1 Peter 2:17

Respect all, love the brotherhood, fear Elohim, respect the sovereign.

1 Peter 4:8

And above all have fervent love for one another, because love covers a great number of sins.