Genesis 9:18-10:1 (Vespers, 1st reading)
- 18
- Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
- 19
- These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
- 20
- And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
- 21
- Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.
- 22
- And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
- 23
- But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.
- 24
- So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him.
- 25
- Then he said: “Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren.”
- 26
- And he said: “Blessed be the Lord, The God of Shem, And may Canaan be his servant.
- 27
- May God enlarge Japheth, And may he dwell in the tents of Shem; And may Canaan be his servant.”
- 28
- And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
- 29
- So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
- 1
- Now this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood.