Genesis 9:8-29

8Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,

9“Understand that I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you,

10and with every living creature that is with you — birds, livestock, and all wildlife of the earth that are with you — all the animals of the earth that came out of the ark.

11I establish my covenant with you that never again will every creature be wiped out by floodwaters; there will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”

12And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all future generations:

13I have placed my bow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

14Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds,

15I will remember my covenant between me and you and all the living creatures: water will never again become a flood to destroy every creature.

16The bow will be in the clouds, and I will look at it and remember the permanent covenant between God and all the living creatures on earth.”

17God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and every creature on earth.”

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.

28Now Noah lived 350 years after the flood.

29So Noah’s life lasted 950 years; then he died.