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Noah gets drunk and Canaan is cursed

2345 BC traditional (Jones)

Passage
Gen 9:20-27
People
Canaan, Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth
Before
God makes a covenant with Noah
After
Birth of Arphaxad

Participants

Taking part, as Theographic records them, most often named first.

Every verse

All 8 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Genesis8 verses
  1. 9:20

    Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

  2. 9:21

    But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

  3. 9:22

    And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.

  4. 9:23

    Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

  5. 9:24

    When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

  6. 9:25

    he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

  7. 9:26

    He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.

  8. 9:27

    May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”