Genesis 9:18–29

Noah’s Three Sons

¹⁸Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth; and ^aHam was the father of Canaan.

¹⁹These three were the sons of Noah, and ^afrom these the whole earth was scattered abroad.

²⁰Then Noah began to be ¹a man of the land and planted a vineyard.

²¹And he drank of the wine and ^abecame drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

²²Then Ham, the father of Canaan, ^asaw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.

²³But Shem and Japheth took the garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned backward, so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

²⁴Then Noah awoke from his wine, and he knew what his youngest son had done to him.

²⁵So he said,

“^aCursed be Canaan;

^1bA servant of servants

He shall be to his brothers.”

²⁶And he said,

“^aBlessed be Yahweh,

The God of Shem;

And let Canaan be ¹his servant.

²⁷“^aMay God enlarge Japheth,

And let him dwell in the tents of Shem;

And let Canaan be ¹his servant.”

²⁸And Noah lived 350 years after the flood.

²⁹So all the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died.