Genesis 9:18-27

18Noah’s sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.

19These three were Noah’s sons, and from them the whole earth was populated.

20Noah, as a man of the soil, began by planting a vineyard.

21He drank some of the wine, became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.

22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.

23Then Shem and Japheth took a cloak and placed it over both their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father naked.

24When Noah awoke from his drinking and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

25he said: Canaan is cursed. He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers.

26He also said: Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem; Let Canaan be Shem’s slave.

27Let God extend Japheth; let Japheth dwell in the tents of Shem; let Canaan be Shem’s slave.