And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
WEB
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
YLT
And Ham, father of Canaan, seeth the nakedness of his father, and declareth to his two brethren without.
DBT
And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)