Genesis 9:18–29

Noah’s Descendants

¹⁸The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were ^fShem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) ¹⁹These three were the sons of Noah, and ^gfrom these the people of the whole earth were dispersed.²

²⁰Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.^{3 21}He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent. ²²And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. ²³Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned backward, and they did not see their father’s nakedness. ²⁴When Noah awoke from his wine ^hand knew what his youngest son had done to him, ²⁵he said,

ⁱ“Cursed be Canaan;

^ja servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

²⁶He also said,

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem;

and let Canaan be his servant.

²⁷May God enlarge Japheth,⁴

and let him dwell in the tents of Shem,

and let Canaan be his servant.”

²⁸After the flood Noah lived 350 years. ²⁹All the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died.