Genesis 9
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Genesis 9:20-28

20And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.

21Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.

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

23But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.

24So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him.

25Then he said: “Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren.”

26And he said: “Blessed be the Lord, The God of Shem, And may Canaan be his servant.

27May God enlarge Japheth, And may he dwell in the tents of Shem; And may Canaan be his servant.”

28And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

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