“The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 9 contains 29 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.