Genesis 9:18–29

¹⁸The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan. ¹⁹These three were the sons of Noah; and from these the whole earth was peopled.

²⁰Noah was the first tiller of the soil. He planted a vineyard; ²¹and 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 upon both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness. ²⁴When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him, ²⁵he said,

“Cursed be Canaan;

a slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers.”

²⁶He also said,

“Blessed by the Lord my God be Shem;

and let Canaan be his slave.

²⁷God enlarge Japheth,

and let him dwell in the tents of Shem;

and let Canaan be his slave.”

²⁸After the flood Noah lived three hundred and fifty years. ²⁹All the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.