22. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and told his brothers who were outside the tent.
23. Shem and Japheth took a robe, put it across their shoulders, and walked backward into the tent. Then they covered their father without looking at him.
24. Later, Noah woke up. (He was sleeping because of the wine.) When he learned what his youngest son Ham had done to him,
25. he said, “May there be a curse on Canaan! May he be a slave to his brothers.”
26. Noah also said, “May the Lord, the God of Shem, be praised! May Canaan be Shem’s slave.