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18 The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 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 these, the whole earth was populated.
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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 Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
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Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.
21 He drank of the wine, and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
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When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent.
22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
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Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.
23 Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see their father's nakedness.
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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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