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51And he struck all the first-born in the land of Egypt: the first-fruits of all their labor in the tabernacles of Ham.

20And Noah, a good farmer, began to cultivate the land, and he planted a vineyard. 21And by drinking its wine, he became inebriated and was naked in his tent. 22Because of this, when Ham, the father of Canaan, had indeed seen the privates of his father to be naked, he reported it to his two brothers outside. 23And truly, Shem and Japheth put a cloak upon their arms, and, advancing backwards, covered the privates of their father. And their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father’s manhood. 24Then Noah, awaking from the wine, when he had learned what his younger son had done to him, 25he said, “Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants will he be to his brothers.”

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18And so the sons of Noah, who came out of the ark, were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Now Ham himself is the father of Canaan.

18And so the sons of Noah, who came out of the ark, were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Now Ham himself is the father of Canaan. 19These three are the sons of Noah. And from these all the family of mankind was spread over the whole earth. 20And Noah, a good farmer, began to cultivate the land, and he planted a vineyard. 21And by drinking its wine, he became inebriated and was naked in his tent. 22Because of this, when Ham, the father of Canaan, had indeed seen the privates of his father to be naked, he reported it to his two brothers outside. 23And truly, Shem and Japheth put a cloak upon their arms, and, advancing backwards, covered the privates of their father. And their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father’s manhood.

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1These are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and of the sons who were born to them after the great flood.

8The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan. 9And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dadan. 10Then Cush conceived Nimrod, and he began to be powerful upon the earth. 11Truly, Mizraim conceived Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 12as well as Pathrusim and Casluhim: from these the Philistines and the Caphtorim went forth. 13Truly, Canaan conceived Sidon, his firstborn, as well as the Hittite,

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6And the Sons of Ham were Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan. 7And the sons of Cush were Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dadan. 8And then Cush conceived Nimrod; he began to be powerful on the earth. 9And he was an able hunter before the Lord. From this, a proverb came forth: ‘Just like Nimrod, an able hunter before the Lord.’ 10And so, the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Erech, and Accad, and Chalanne, in the land of Shinar. 11From that land, Assur came forth, and he built Nineveh, and the streets of the city, and Calah,

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22Because of this, when Ham, the father of Canaan, had indeed seen the privates of his father to be naked, he reported it to his two brothers outside.