9:18-19
וַיִּֽהְי֣וּ בְנֵי־נֹ֗חַ
And the sons of Noah,
הַיֹּֽצְאִים֙ מִן־הַתֵּבָ֔ה
they were gone from the ark,
שֵׁ֖ם וְחָ֣ם וָיָ֑פֶת
Shem, Ham and Jephet;
וְחָ֕ם ה֖וּא אֲבִ֥י כְנָֽעַן׃
— And Ham, he, the father of Canaan! —
שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵי־נֹ֑חַ
These three sons of Noah;
וּמֵאֵ֖לֶּה נָֽפְצָ֥ה כָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ ס
And from these the whole earth had spread out.
9:20-21
וַיָּ֥חֶל נֹ֖חַ אִ֣ישׁ הָֽאֲדָמָ֑ה
And Noah,—the man of the soil—, became violated;
וַיִּטַּ֖ע כָּֽרֶם׃
And he planted a vineyard;
וַיֵּ֥שְׁתְּ מִן־הַיַּ֖יִן וַיִּשְׁכָּ֑ר
And he drank of the wine, and became drunk;
וַיִּתְגַּ֖ל בְּתֹ֥וךְ אָהֳלֹֽה׃
And he was uncovered in the midst of his tent;
וַיַּ֗רְא חָ֚ם אֲבִ֣י כְנַ֔עַן אֵ֖ת עֶרְוַ֣ת אָבִ֑יו
And Ham, the father of Canaan,
he saw the nakedness of his father;
וַיַּגֵּ֥ד לִשְׁנֵֽי־אֶחָ֖יו בַּחֽוּץ׃
And he gave details to both his brothers outdoors;
9:23
וַיִּקַּח֩ שֵׁ֨ם וָיֶ֜פֶת אֶת־הַשִּׂמְלָ֗ה
And Shem and Jephet took the garment;
וַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙ עַל־שְׁכֶ֣ם שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם
and set it upon a shoulder of both of them;
וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית
And they walked backwards
וַיְכַסּ֕וּ אֵ֖ת עֶרְוַ֣ת אֲבִיהֶ֑ם
and they covered the nakedness of their father;
וּפְנֵיהֶם֙ אֲחֹ֣רַנִּ֔ית
And their faces were backwards
וְעֶרְוַ֥ת אֲבִיהֶ֖ם לֹ֥א רָאֽוּ׃
And the nakedness of their father they had not seen;
9:24-25
וַיִּ֥יקֶץ נֹ֖חַ מִיֵּינֹ֑ו
And Noah awoke from his wine;
וַיֵּ֕דַע אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָ֥שָׂה־לֹ֖ו בְּנֹ֥ו הַקָּטָֽן׃
And he realized what his lesser son had done to him;
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָר֣וּר כְּנָ֑עַן
And he said: “Canaan is curse-bound;
עֶ֥בֶד עֲבָדִ֖ים יִֽהְיֶ֥ה לְאֶחָֽיו׃
Uttermost servant shall he be to his brothers;”
9:26-27
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בָּר֥וּךְ יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹ֣הֵי שֵׁ֑ם
And he said:
“Blessed be JEHOVAH, the God of Shem;
וִיהִ֥י כְנַ֖עַן עֶ֥בֶד לָֽמֹו׃
And may Canaan be His servant;
יַ֤פְתְּ אֱלֹהִים֙ לְיֶ֔פֶת
May God cause enlargement for Jephet,
וְיִשְׁכֹּ֖ן בְּאָֽהֳלֵי־שֵׁ֑ם
and may he dwell among the tents of Shem;
וִיהִ֥י כְנַ֖עַן עֶ֥בֶד לָֽמֹו׃ ס
And may Canaan be their servant.”
9:28-29
וַֽיְחִי־נֹ֖חַ אַחַ֣ר הַמַּבּ֑וּל
And after the Deluge Noah lived
שְׁלֹ֤שׁ מֵאֹות֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וַֽחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים שָׁנָֽה׃
three hundred and fifty years;
וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ כָּל־יְמֵי־נֹ֔חַ
And all the days of Noah were
תְּשַׁ֤ע מֵאֹות֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה
nine hundred and fifty years;
וַיָּמֹֽת׃ פ
And he died.
Website translation into English by Eddie Van Gent,
together with his wife, Maraea Van Gent (Masters of Humanities in Social Sciences, Majoring in Education)
The Hebrew Masoretic Text is Unicode/XML version 1.3 Leningrad Codex,
Build 26.2 from tanach.us
Audio excerpts from
Tanakh audio recording by Rabbi Dan Be’eri
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9:18 to 9:29 Hebrew Audio
