Noah was a man who farmed the land. He decided to plant a field that produced grapes for making wine. When he drank some of the wine, it made him drunk. Then he lay down inside his tent without any clothes on. Ham saw his father naked. Then Ham, the father of Canaan, went outside and told his two brothers. But Shem and Japheth picked up a piece of clothing and laid it across their shoulders. Then they walked backward into the tent. They covered their father’s body. They turned their faces away because they didn’t want to see their father naked. Then Noah woke up from his sleep that was caused by the wine. He found out what his youngest son had done to him. He said, “May a curse be put on Canaan! He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers.” Noah also said, “May the LORD, the God of Shem, be praised. May Canaan be the slave of Shem. May God add land to Japheth’s territory. May Japheth live in the tents of Shem. And may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”
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