Genesis 9:23

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Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness.
World English Bible (WEB)
And Shem{H8035} and Japheth{H3315} took{H3947}{(H8799)} a garment{H8071}, and laid{H7760}{(H8799)} it upon both{H8147} their shoulders{H7926}, and went{H3212}{(H8799)} backward{H322}, and covered{H3680}{(H8762)} the nakedness{H6172} of their father{H1}; and their faces{H6440} were backward{H322}, and they saw{H7200}{(H8804)} not their father's{H1} nakedness{H6172}.
Strong's King James
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The F.O.G Paraphrase
And Shem taketh—Japheth also—the garment, and they place on the shoulder of them both, and go backward, and cover the nakedness of their father; and their faces are backward, and their father’s nakedness they have not seen.
Young's Literal Translation

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