Genesis 9:23

23 But Shem and Japheth took a piece of clothing. They laid it across their shoulders. Then they walked backward into the tent. They covered their father's body. They turned their faces away. They didn't want to see their father's naked body.

Genesis 9:23 In-Context

21 He drank some of its wine. It made him drunk. Then he lay down inside his tent without any clothes on.
22 Ham saw his father's naked body. Ham was the father of Canaan. Ham went outside and told his two brothers.
23 But Shem and Japheth took a piece of clothing. They laid it across their shoulders. Then they walked backward into the tent. They covered their father's body. They turned their faces away. They didn't want to see their father's naked body.
24 Then Noah woke up from his sleep that was caused by the wine. He found out what his youngest son had done to him.
25 He said, "May a curse be put on Canaan. He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers."
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