And Shem and Japheth took a garment, &c. They not only would not see it themselves, but provided that no one else might see it; herein setting an example of charity with reference to other men's sin and shame.
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Genesis 9:23
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.