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Sforno on Genesis 9:23/ספורנו על בראשית ט׳:כ״ג
אוּפְנֵיהֶם אֲחֹרַנִּית. גַּם בִּפְעֻלַּת הַכִּסּוּי שֶׁהָיָה קְצָת הֶכְרֵחַ לִפְנוֹת אֵלָיו, לֹא פָּנוּ, שֶׁלֹּא לִרְאוֹת, וְיִהְיֶה נוֹסָף עֲלֵיהֶם עִצָּבוֹן׃
1ופניהם אחורנית, even when only covering their father they walked with their faces averting their eyes from him. It would have caused them additional grief to behold their father in such a state.