The Bible in Basic English BBE
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18 And the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is the father of Canaan.
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The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)
19 These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was peopled.
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These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.
20 In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.
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Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.
21 And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he was uncovered in his tent.
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When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father unclothed, and gave news of it to his two brothers outside.
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Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.
23 And Shem and Japheth took a robe, and putting it on their backs went in with their faces turned away, and put it over their father so that they might not see him unclothed.
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But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.
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