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Genesis 9:22

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And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
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  1. Proverbs 30:17Rank 1 from verse 22
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    17The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

  2. Galatians 6:1Rank 2 from verse 22
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    1BRETHREN, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

  3. 1 Corinthians 13:6Rank 3 from verse 22
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    6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

  4. Matthew 18:15Rank 4 from verse 22
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    15¶ Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

  5. Psalms 40:15Rank 5 from verse 22
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    15Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

  6. Genesis 10:15–19Rank 6 from verse 22
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    15¶ And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

    16And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

    17And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

    18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

    19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

  7. Genesis 10:6Rank 7 from verse 22
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    6¶ And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

  8. Obadiah 1:12–13Rank 8 from verse 22
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    12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

    13Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;

  9. Psalms 70:3Rank 9 from verse 22
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    3Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

  10. 1 Chronicles 1:13–16Rank 10 from verse 22
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    13And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,

    14The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

    15And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

    16And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

  11. 1 Chronicles 1:8Rank 11 from verse 22
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    8¶ The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

  12. 2 Samuel 1:19–20Rank 12 from verse 22
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    19The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

    20Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

  13. Genesis 9:25Rank 13 from verse 22
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    25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

  14. Proverbs 25:9Rank 14 from verse 22
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    9Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:

  15. Psalms 35:20–21Rank 15 from verse 22
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    20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

    21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

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Genesis 9:22

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Ham

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Sense 1: Ham, a son of Noah and an ancestor named in the genealogies. Sense 2: The land of Ham.

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

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told

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Past-tense or past-participial form of tell (to say, relate, inform, count, or make known).

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brethren

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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

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without

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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.

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9:18¶ And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

9:19These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

9:20And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

9:21And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

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9:23And 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.

9:24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

9:25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

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