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. ^j

²⁰Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant ^ka 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. ^l23Then 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 will be cursed. ^m

He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers. ⁿ

²⁶He also said:

Praise the Lord, the God of Shem;

Canaan will be ^ohis slave.

²⁷God will extend ^pJapheth;

he will dwell in the tents of Shem;

Canaan will be his slave.

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