Genesis 9:23 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 9:23 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיִּקַּח֩
lâqach
H3947
to take
שֵׁ֨ם
Shêm
H8035
Shem
וָיֶ֜פֶת
Yepheth
H3315
Japheth
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַשִּׂמְלָ֗ה
simlâh
H8071
garment
וַיָּשִׂ֨ימוּ֙
sûwm
H7760
to put
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
שְׁכֶ֣ם
shᵉkem
H7926
shoulder
שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם
shᵉnayim
H8147
two
וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙
yâlak
H3212
to walk
אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית
ʼăchôrannîyth
H322
backwards
וַיְכַסּ֕וּ
kâçâh
H3680
to cover
אֵ֖ת
ʼêth
H853
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עֶרְוַ֣ת
ʻervâh
H6172
nakedness
אֲבִיהֶ֑ם
ʼâb
H1
father
וּפְנֵיהֶם֙
pânîym
H6440
face
אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית
ʼăchôrannîyth
H322
backwards
וְעֶרְוַ֥ת
ʻervâh
H6172
nakedness
אֲבִיהֶ֖ם
ʼâb
H1
father
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
רָאֽוּ
râʼâh
H7200
to see
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it across the shoulders of the two of them and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned away, so that they did not see the nakedness of their father.
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