Chp. 9 verse 23 - Chp. 11 verse 32: Shem and Japheth cover their father's nakedness. When he wakes and realizes what his youngest son had done he curses his grandson Canaan. He then blesses Shem and Japheth. Chp. 10, the Torah traces the genealogy of Japheth, Ham, and then Shem. Chp. 11, the Torah continues with the story of the tower of Babel. This would lead to the dispersion of mankind upon the face of the whole earth and creation of different nations and languages. There were ten generations from Noach till Avrom. He lived in Uhr Kasdim and it was there that he realized the oneness of Hashem. In Kasdim, Nimrod threw him into the fiery furnace because of his refusal to serve idols, and his decision to serve the only true G-d.