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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 9, Verse 21

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And Noah began [to be] an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
King James Version
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
American Standard Version
and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
New English Translation
When he drank some of the wine, he got drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
World English Bible
He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
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.
24
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25
And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26
And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
27
God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
28
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29
And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
1
Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
2
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.