So Noah went out with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives.

Then Noah built an altar to honor the Lord. Noah took some of all the clean birds and some of all the clean animals and burned them on the altar as a gift to God.

The New Beginning

God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Have many children. Fill the earth with your people.

Then God said to Noah and his sons,

So God said to Noah, “This rainbow is proof of the agreement that I made with all living things on earth.”

Problems Begin Again

Noah’s sons came out of the boat with him. Their names were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)

These three men were Noah’s sons. And all the people on earth came from these three sons.

Noah became a farmer and planted a vineyard.

One day Noah made some wine. He got drunk, went into his tent, and took off all his clothes.

Later, Noah woke up. (He was sleeping because of the wine.) When he learned what his youngest son Ham had done to him,

Noah also said, “May the Lord, the God of Shem, be praised! May Canaan be Shem’s slave.

After the flood Noah lived 350 years.

Nations Grow and Spread

This is the history of the families of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They are Noah’s sons. These men had children after the flood.

This is the list of the families from Noah’s sons. They are arranged according to their nations. From these families came all the people who spread across the earth after the flood.