Genesi 9:23
To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.
Arcana Coelestia #1075
1075. Verse 22. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. “Ham” and “Canaan” have the same signification here as before; “Ham” the church corrupted; “Canaan” worship in externals without internal worship; “saw the nakedness of his father” signifies that he observed the errors and perversions mentioned above; “and told his two brethren without” signifies that he derided. They are called his “brethren” because he professed faith.
