¹⁸The sons of Noah who came out of the boat with him were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) ¹⁹These three men were Noah’s sons, and all the people on earth came from these three sons.

²⁰Noah became a farmer and planted a vineyard. ²¹When he drank wine made from his grapes, he became drunk and lay naked in his tent. ²²Ham, the father of Canaan, looked at his naked father and told his brothers outside. ²³Then Shem and Japheth got a coat and, carrying it on both their shoulders, they walked backwards into the tent and covered their father. They turned their faces away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

²⁴Noah was sleeping because of the wine. When he woke up and learned what his youngest son, Ham, had done to him, ²⁵he said,

“May there be a curse on Canaan!

May he be the lowest slave to his brothers.”

²⁶Noah also said,

“May the Lord, the God of Shem, be praised!

May Canaan be Shem’s slave.

²⁷May God give more land to Japheth.

May Japheth live in Shem’s tents,

and may Canaan be their slave.”

²⁸After the flood Noah lived 350 years. ²⁹He lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

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