Genesis 9:18-29

Good News Translation

Noah and His Sons

¹⁸ The sons of Noah who went out of the boat were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) ¹⁹ These three sons of Noah were the ancestors of all the people on earth.

²⁰ Noah, who was a farmer, was the first man to plant a vineyard. 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 backward into the tent and covered their father, keeping their faces turned away so as not to see him naked. ²⁴ When Noah sobered up and learned what his youngest son had done to him, ²⁵ he said,

²⁸ After the flood Noah lived 350 years ²⁹ and died at the age of 950.