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23 Then[a] Shem and Japheth took a garment, and the two of them put it on their shoulders and, walking backward, they covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned backward, so that[b] they did not see the nakedness of their father. 24 Then[c] Noah awoke from his drunkenness,[d] and he knew what his youngest son had done to him. 25 And he said,

“Cursed be Canaan,
    a slave of slaves he shall be to his brothers.”

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  1. Genesis 9:23 Or “And”
  2. Genesis 9:23 Or “and”
  3. Genesis 9:24 Or “And”
  4. Genesis 9:24 Or “his wine”