And when Noah was made sensible of what had been done, he prayed for prosperity to his other sons; but for Ham, he did not curse him, by reason of his nearness in blood, but cursed his prosperity: and when the rest of them escaped that curse, God inflicted it on the children of Canaan.

But as to these matters, we shall speak more hereafter.
4.

Shem, the third son of Noah, had five sons, who inhabited the land that began at Euphrates, and reached to the Indian Ocean.

For Elam left behind him the Elamites, the ancestors of the Persians.

Ashur lived at the city Nineve; and named his subjects Assyrians, who became the most fortunate nation, beyond others.