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.
26. Give praise to the Lord, the God of Shem!Canaan will be the slave of Shem.
27. May God cause Japheth to increase!May his descendants live with the people of Shem!Canaan will be the slave of Japheth.”
28. After the flood Noah lived for 350 years
29. and died at the age of 950.