Genesis 9:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Genesis 9:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 9:23 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 9:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness.”
Genesis 9:23 — World English Bible
Genesis 9:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
Genesis 9:23 — American Standard Version
Genesis 9:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Shem taketh--Japheth also--the garment, and they place on the shoulder of them both, and go backward, and cover the nakedness of their father; and their faces <FI>are<Fi> backward, and their father's nakedness they have not seen.”
Genesis 9:23 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 9:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Shem and Japheth took the upper garment and both laid [it] upon their shoulders, and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned away, that they saw not their father's nakedness.”
Genesis 9:23 — Darby Translation
Genesis 9:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then tooke Shem and Iapheth a garment, and put it vpon both their shoulders, and went backwarde, and couered the nakednesse of their father with their faces backwarde: so they sawe not their fathers nakednesse.”
Genesis 9:23 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 9:23 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon the shoulders of both of them, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness.”
Genesis 9:23 — The Living Sword
Genesis 9:23 in Context — Genesis 9
21 Y bebió del vino, y se embriagó, y estaba descubierto en medio de su tienda.
22 Y Châm, padre de Canaán, vió la desnudez de su padre, y díjolo á sus dos hermanos á la parte de afuera.
23 Entonces Sem y Japhet tomaron la ropa, y la pusieron sobre sus propios hombros, y andando hacia atrás, cubrieron la desnudez de su padre, teniendo vueltos sus rostros, y así no vieron la desnudez de su padre.
24 Y despertó Noé de su vino, y supo lo que había hecho con él su hijo el más joven;
25 Y dijo: Maldito sea Canaán; siervo de siervos será á sus hermanos.
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What Does Genesis 9:23 Mean?
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