20-21 After Noah sacrificed the clean animals for God, he planted a vineyard, made wine, got drunk,
and lay naked in his tent.
The curse of Canaan
22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father Noah naked, and told his
brothers about it. 23 Ham's brothers, Shem and Japheth, took a garment and covered their naked father,
walking backwards and not looking at his nakedness. 24 When Noah sobered up, he knew what
his younger son had done to him. 25 And he said,
Cursed is Canaan. He will be a slave of slaves to his brothers.
26 Blessed be the God of Shem. Canaan shall be his slave.
27 God will enrich Japheth, who will live in Shem's tents, and Canaan
will be his slave.
Noah's Drunkenness, c. 1896-1902, by James Jacques Joseph Tissot
