23And 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-23)Here is, I. Noah’s family and employment. The names of his sons are again mentioned ( Gen. 9:18 , 19 ) as those from whom the whole earth was overspread, by which it appears that Noah, after the flood, had no more children: all the world came from these three. Note, God, when he pleases, can make a little one to become a thousand , and greatly increase the latter end of those whose beginning was s…
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