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Noah and His Sons

18 The sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.(A)

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Nations Descended from Noah

10 These are the descendants of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; children were born to them after the flood.

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The descendants of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.(A)

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25 he said,

“Cursed be Canaan;
    lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers.”(A)

26 He also said,

“Blessed by the Lord my God be Shem,
    and let Canaan be his slave.(B)
27 May God make space for Japheth,[a]
    and let him live in the tents of Shem,
    and let Canaan be his slave.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 9.27 In Heb Japheth resembles the verb for make space

23 Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.(A)

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