Genesis 9:18–29

Noah and His Sons

¹⁸The sons of Noah who went out of the boat were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) ¹⁹These three sons of Noah were the ancestors of all the people on earth.

²⁰Noah, who was a farmer, was the first man to plant a vineyard. ²¹After he drank some of the wine, he became drunk, took off his clothes, and lay naked in his tent. ²²When Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked, he went out and told his two brothers. ²³Then Shem and Japheth took a robe and held it behind them on their shoulders. They walked backwards into the tent and covered their father, keeping their faces turned away so as not to see him naked. ²⁴When Noah was sober again and learnt what his youngest son had done to him, ²⁵he said,

“A curse on Canaan!

He will be a slave to his brothers.

²⁶Give praise to the Lord, the God of Shem!

Canaan will be the slave of Shem.

²⁷May God cause Japheth^d to increase! May his descendants live with the people of Shem!

Canaan will be the slave of Japheth.”

²⁸After the flood Noah lived for 350 years ²⁹and died at the age of 950.