Gênesis 9:23

23 Mas Sem e Jafé pegaram a capa, levantaram-na sobre os ombros e, andando de costas para não verem a nudez do pai, cobriram-no.

Gênesis 9:23 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 9:23

And Shem and Japheth took a garment
Who were the two brothers Ham told what he had seen, and who, no doubt, reproved him for his ill behaviour, and then took a garment, a coat of their own, very probably, some large garment fit for the purpose;

and laid it upon both their shoulders;
one part of it on the right shoulder of the one, and the other on the left shoulder of the other:

and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father;
going backward when they came into the tent, and to the place where their father lay, they threw the garment off from their shoulders over him, and so covered him:

and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's
nakedness:
which they purposely shunned, for which reason they went backwards, and their faces were backwards to their father; which showed their modesty, and their filial piety and duty, and thus by their actions reproved Ham, as well as doubtless they did by words.

Gênesis 9:23 In-Context

21 Bebeu do vinho, embriagou-se e ficou nu dentro da sua tenda.

22 Cam, pai de Canaã, viu a nudez do pai e foi contar aos dois irmãos que estavam do lado de fora.

23 Mas Sem e Jafé pegaram a capa, levantaram-na sobre os ombros e, andando de costas para não verem a nudez do pai, cobriram-no.

24 Quando Noé acordou do efeito do vinho e descobriu o que seu filho caçula lhe havia feito,

25 disse:“Maldito seja Canaã!Escravo de escravosserá para os seus irmãos”.