⁴⁰ And they found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, quiet, and peaceful; for some Hamites formerly lived there.

⁷ So the five men departed and went to ^(A)Laish. They saw the people who were there, ^(B)how they dwelt safely, in the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure. There were no rulers in the land who might put them to shame for anything. They were far from the ^(C)Sidonians, and they had no ties ^[a]with anyone.

⁸ Then the spies came back to their brethren at ^(D)Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren said to them, “What is your report?”

⁹ So they said, ^(E)“Arise, let us go up against them. For we have seen the land, and indeed it is very good. Would you ^(F)do nothing? Do not hesitate to go, and enter to possess the land. ¹⁰ When you go, you will come to a ^(G)secure people and a large land. For God has given it into your hands, ^(H)a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.”

^6 (A)The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, ^[a]Put, and Canaan.

²² And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. ^23 (A)But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were ^[a]turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.

²⁴ So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him. ²⁵ Then he said:

²⁶ And he said:

²⁸ And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. ²⁹ So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.