Genesis 9:23
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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.Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
In other translations
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.Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
Hebrew words
וַיִּקַּחvaiyikachand he tookH3947שֵׁםshemShemH8035וָיֶפֶתvayefetand JaphethH3315אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַשִּׂמְלָהhasimlahthe garmentH8071וַיָּשִׂימוּvaiyasimuand they put [it]H7760עַל־'al-onH5921שְׁכֶםshekhem[the] shoulder ofH7926שְׁנֵיהֶםsheneihemboth of themH8147וַיֵּלְכוּvaiyelkhuand they walkedH1980אֲחֹרַנִּית'achoranitbackwardsH322וַיְכַסּוּvaykhasuand they coveredH3680אֵת'et<obj.>H853עֶרְוַת'ervat[the] nakedness ofH6172אֲבִיהֶם'avihemfather theirH1וּפְנֵיהֶםufeneihemand faces theirH6440אֲחֹרַנִּית'achoranit[were] backwardsH322וְעֶרְוַתve'ervatand [the] nakedness ofH6172אֲבִיהֶם'avihemfather theirH1לֹאlo'notH3808רָאוּ׃ra'uthey sawH7200
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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