16. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living soul of all flesh that is upon the earth.
17. And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
18. And the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth. And Ham is the father of Canaan.
19. These three are the sons of Noah; and from these was the population of the whole earth spread abroad.
20. And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard.
21. And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he uncovered himself in his tent.
22. And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.
23. And Shem and Japheth took the upper garment and both laid it upon their shoulders, and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned away, that they saw not their father's nakedness.
24. And Noah awoke from his wine, and learned what his youngest son had done to him.
25. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.
26. And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.