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Noah gets drunk and Canaan is cursed

Gen 9:20-27

Passage · Gen 9:20-27

9:20Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.

9:21He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.

9:22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

9:23Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness.

9:24Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.

9:25He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”

9:26He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.

9:27May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”