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Genesis 9:18-10:1(4th Wednesday of Lent) |
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Genesis 9:18-10:1 (4th Wednesday of Lent)The sons of
Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was
the father of Canaan.
These three were the sons of Noah; and from these the whole earth
was peopled.
Noah was the first tiller of the soil. He planted a vineyard;
and he drank of the wine, and became drunk, and lay uncovered in his
tent.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and
told his two brothers outside.
Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it upon both their
shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their
father; their faces were turned away, and they did not see their
father's nakedness.
When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had
done to him,
he said, "Cursed be Canaan; a slave of slaves shall he be to his
brothers."
He also said, "Blessed by the LORD my God be Shem; and let Canaan be
his slave."
God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem; and let
Canaan be his slave."
After the flood Noah lived three hundred and fifty years.
All the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
These are
the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; sons were
born to them after the flood.
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