Thematic Bible: Provokes his father's wrath and is cursed by him

Noah's sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan. These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the earth. Noah, a man of the soil, planted a vineyard. read more.
He drank some of its wine. He became drunk and lay undressed inside his tent. Ham, father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers outside. Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders. Then they walked in backward and covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father's nakedness. Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him. He (Noah) said: Canaan is cursed! He will be a lowly slave to his brothers. He also said: Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. May God extend the territory of Japheth. And may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave.