Genesis 9:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The Curse of Canaan The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.(Now Ham was the father of Canaan.)

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 10:1 : 1 The Table of Nations This is the account of Noah’s sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
  • Gen 10:6 : 6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
  • 1 Chr 1:4 : 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
  • Gen 9:23 : 23 Shem and Japheth took the garment and placed it on their shoulders. Then they walked in backwards and covered up their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so they did not see their father’s nakedness.
  • Gen 9:25-27 : 25 So he said,“Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves he will be to his brothers.” 26 He also said,“Worthy of praise is the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem! 27 May God enlarge Japheth’s territory and numbers! May he live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth!”

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  • Gen 6:10
    88%

    10Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • Gen 10:1
    86%

    1The Table of Nations This is the account of Noah’s sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

  • 1 Chr 1:3-5
    3 verses
    84%

    3Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

    4Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

    5Japheth’s Descendants The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

  • Gen 9:19
    82%

    19These were the three sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

  • Gen 9:21-28
    8 verses
    82%

    21When he drank some of the wine, he got drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

    22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers who were outside.

    23Shem and Japheth took the garment and placed it on their shoulders. Then they walked in backwards and covered up their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so they did not see their father’s nakedness.

    24When Noah awoke from his drunken stupor he learned what his youngest son had done to him.

    25So he said,“Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves he will be to his brothers.”

    26He also said,“Worthy of praise is the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem!

    27May God enlarge Japheth’s territory and numbers! May he live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth!”

    28After the flood Noah lived 350 years.

  • 1 Chr 1:8-9
    2 verses
    80%

    8Ham’s Descendants The sons of Ham:Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

    9The sons of Cush:Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca.The sons of Raamah:Sheba and Dedan.

  • Gen 10:6
    79%

    6The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

  • Gen 5:32
    77%

    32After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • Gen 10:20-22
    3 verses
    77%

    20These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.

    21And sons were also born to Shem(the older brother of Japheth), the father of all the sons of Eber.

    22The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

  • Gen 7:13
    76%

    13On that very day Noah entered the ark, accompanied by his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with his wife and his sons’ three wives.

  • Gen 10:18
    76%

    18Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. Eventually the families of the Canaanites were scattered

  • Luke 3:36
    75%

    36the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

  • Gen 11:10
    73%

    10The Genealogy of Shem This is the account of Shem.Shem was 100 years old when he became the father of Arphaxad, two years after the flood.

  • Gen 9:8
    73%

    8God said to Noah and his sons,

  • 1 Chr 1:16-18
    3 verses
    73%

    16Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.

    17Shem’s Descendants The sons of Shem:Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

    18Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

  • 1 Chr 1:24
    73%

    24Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

  • Gen 10:31-32
    2 verses
    72%

    31These are the sons of Shem according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.

    32These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations, and from these the nations spread over the earth after the flood.

  • Gen 8:18
    72%

    18Noah went out along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives.

  • Gen 9:1
    72%

    1God’s Covenant with Humankind through Noah Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them,“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

  • 1 Chr 1:13
    71%

    13Canaan was the father of Sidon– his firstborn– and Heth,

  • Gen 10:15
    71%

    15Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, Heth,