Noah gets drunk and Canaan is cursed

Date: -2345 (1D)

Participants: Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth, Canaan

Scripture References

• Genesis 9:20 — And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
• Genesis 9:21 — And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
• Genesis 9:22 — And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
• Genesis 9:23 — And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
• Genesis 9:24 — And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
• Genesis 9:25 — And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
• Genesis 9:26 — And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
• Genesis 9:27 — God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

Last updated: Nov 25, 2020