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shoulders

Meaning of “shoulders”

The upper joints and parts of the body between the neck and arms; figures of bearing or supporting a load.

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First occurrence: Genesis 9:23

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Genesis 9:23
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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1611 witness · Genesis 9:23 · retained source text

And Shem and Iaphet tooke a garment, and layed it vpon both their shoulders, and went backward, and couered the nakednesse of their father, and their faces were backward, and they saw not their fathers nakednesse.

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