Genesis 9:18–29

PROPHECIES ABOUT NOAH’S FAMILY

¹⁸Noah’s sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan. ¹⁹These three were Noah’s sons, and from them the whole earth was populated.^q

²⁰Noah, as a man of the soil, began by planting^B a vineyard. ²¹He drank some of the wine, became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent. ²²Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.^{r 23}Then Shem and Japheth took a cloak and placed it over both their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father naked.

²⁴When Noah awoke from his drinking and learned what his youngest son had done to him, ²⁵he said:

Canaan is cursed.^s

He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers.^t

²⁶He also said:

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem;

Let Canaan be Shem’s slave.

²⁷Let God extend Japheth;^B

let Japheth dwell in the tents of Shem;

let Canaan be Shem’s slave.

²⁸Now Noah lived 350 years after the flood. ²⁹So Noah’s life lasted 950 years; then he died.