15. Then I will remember my agreement. It is between me and you and every living thing. Floodwaters will never again destroy all life on the earth.
16. When the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it. Then I will remember the agreement that continues forever. It is between me and every living thing on the earth.”
17. So God said to Noah, “That rainbow is a sign. It is the sign of the agreement that I made with all living things on earth.”
18. The sons of Noah came out of the boat with him. They were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)
19. These three men were Noah’s sons. And all the people on earth came from these three sons.
20. Noah became a farmer and planted a vineyard.
21. He drank wine made from his grapes. Then he became drunk and lay naked in his tent.
22. Ham, the father of Canaan, looked at his naked father. Ham told his brothers outside.
23. Then Shem and Japheth got a coat and carried it on both their shoulders. They walked backwards into the tent and covered their father. They turned their faces away. In this way they did not see their father without clothes.
24. Noah was sleeping because of the wine. Later he woke up. Then he learned what his youngest son, Ham, had done to him.