Genesis 9:18-29

Evangelical Heritage Version

The Repopulation of the Earth

¹⁸ The sons of Noah who went out from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) ¹⁹ These three were the sons of Noah, and from these, people spread out over the whole earth.

²⁰ Noah began to be a man of the soil and planted a vineyard. ²¹ He drank some of the wine and got drunk. He lay uncovered inside his tent. ²² Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. ²³ Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it over their shoulders. They went in backwards and covered the nakedness of their father. They faced backwards, and they did not see their father’s nakedness. ²⁴ Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him. ²⁵ He said:

²⁶ Then he said:

²⁸ Noah lived 350 years after the flood. ²⁹ All the days of Noah were 950 years. Then he died.