21. After he drank some of the wine, he became drunk, took off his clothes, and lay naked in his tent.
22. When Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked, he went out and told his two brothers.
23. Then Shem and Japheth took a robe and held it behind them on their shoulders. They walked backwards into the tent and covered their father, keeping their faces turned away so as not to see him naked.
24. When Noah was sober again and learnt what his youngest son had done to him,
25. he said,“A curse on Canaan!He will be a slave to his brothers.