Genesis 9:18-27

18The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth. Ham would become the father of Canaan.

19These are the three sons of Noah, and from these [men] the whole earth was populated and scattered with inhabitants.

20And Noah began to farm and cultivate the ground and he planted a vineyard.

21He drank some of the wine and became drunk, and he was uncovered and lay exposed inside his tent.

22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw [by accident] the nakedness of his father, and [to his father’s shame] told his two brothers outside.

23So Shem and Japheth took a robe and put it on both their shoulders, and walked backwards and covered the nakedness of their father; their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

24When Noah awoke from his wine [induced stupor], he knew what his younger son [Ham] had done to him.

25So he said, “Cursed be Canaan [the son of Ham]; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers.”

26He also said, “Blessed be the Lord, The God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.

27May God enlarge [the land of] Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.”