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* The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)
* These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed.
* Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.
* He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent.
* And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.
* Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
* When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him,
* he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.
* He also said, Blessed be the Lord , the God of Shem; and let Canaan be his servant.
* May God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.