# Genesis 9:23

> The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.

- Edition: kjv
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/9/23
- Book: [Genesis](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis)
- Chapter: [Genesis 9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/9)
- License: The King James Version (1769) is in the public domain in the United States.
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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.