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And he drank of the wine, and was drunken, and he uncovered himself in his tent.

And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.

And Noah awoke from his wine, and learned what his youngest son had done to him.

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.

And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.

Let God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.

From these came the distribution of the isles of the nations, according to their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

—And Canaan begot Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth,

And to Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

And Haran died before the face of his father Terah in the land of his nativity at Ur of the Chaldeans.

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth together out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of Canaan, and came as far as Haran, and dwelt there.

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had acquired, and the souls that they had obtained in Haran, and they went out to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

And he removed thence towards the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel toward the west, and Ai toward the east; and there he built an altar to Jehovah, and called on the name of Jehovah.

And it came to pass when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a woman fair to look upon.

And it will come to pass when the Egyptians see thee, that they will say, She is his wife; and they will slay me, and save thee alive.

And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him, and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, towards the south.

And he went on his journeys from the south as far as Bethel; as far as the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai;