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In this way God wiped the earth clean—he destroyed every living thing on the earth—every human, every animal, everything that crawls, and every bird. All that was left was Noah and his family and the animals that were with him in the boat.

The dove could not find a place to rest because water still covered the earth, so the dove came back to the boat. Noah reached out his hand and caught the dove and brought it back into the boat.

So Noah went out with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives.

God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Have many children. Fill the earth with your people.

Then God said to Noah and his sons,

One day Noah made some wine. He got drunk, went into his tent, and took off all his clothes.

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and told his brothers who were outside the tent.

Later, Noah woke up. (He was sleeping because of the wine.) When he learned what his youngest son Ham had done to him,

he said, "May there be a curse on Canaan! May he be a slave to his brothers."

Eber was the father of two sons. One son was named Peleg. He was given this name because the earth was divided during his life. The other son was named Joktan.

This is the history of Shem's family. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, his son Arphaxad was born.

When Arphaxad was 35 years old, his son Shelah was born.

After Shelah was 30 years old, his son Eber was born.

After Eber was 34 years old, his son Peleg was born.

After Peleg was 30 years old, his son Reu was born.

After Reu was 32 years old, his son Serug was born.

After Serug was 30 years old, his son Nahor was born.

After Nahor was 29 years old, his son Terah was born.

After Terah was 70 years old, his sons Abram, Nahor, and Haran were born.

Haran died in his hometown, Ur of Babylonia, while his father Terah was still alive.