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Did Ham commit sodomy with his father Noah while he was naked?
The Bible doesn't say that Ham did anything to his father but just that he saw his Noah's naked body. Gen 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
Why did Noah punish Canaan instead of Ham?
A:The Hebrews of the first millenium BCE despised their neighbours, the Canaanites, whom they regarded as descended from the legendary Canaan. In the passage that follows Genesis 9:18, we see Ham, "the father of Canaan", homosexually rape his own father, Noah, while he is asleep in a drunken stupour. Whenever the Bible talks about a man 'knowing' or 'seeing the nakedness' of another man or woman, it is a euphemism for sex, in this case, the most despised act by Ham of raping his own father and then boasting to his brothers about it: (Genesis 9:22) "And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without." When Noah realises what has happened, he curses not Ham but Ham's future son Canaan, saying that he (his descendants) will forever be slaves for his brethren. The curse can be seen as part of a passage that seeks to justify future hatred of the Canaanites: (Genesis 9:24) "And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant."This passage had such obvious political implications that we do not need to believe that it really happened. Noah cursed, not Ham, but Ham's son Canaan, and said that Canaan would forever be the servant to his brethren. When this story was written down, the Canaanites, biblical descendants of the legendary Canaan, were the despised competitors of the Israelites. The curse can be seen as part of a passage that seeks to justify hatred of the Canaanites at the time the story was being told.
What was the curse placed on Noah's son Ham and what does it mean?
The passage says that Ham saw his father's nakedness and reported (most likely in derision) to his older brothers. Neither act was honorable; both times Ham had the opportunity to do something right. ( After Ham told his older brother Japeth and Shem, Japeth and Shem went and covered their father's body with a cloth. But when they did it they walked in the tent backwards so that they would not see Noah's nakedness.)But the whole episode seems rather bizarre and out of proportion to the simple issue of being seen naked. I've looked at most of the commentators and many of them suggest that there is some sort of sexual euphamism in the way it's expressed. http://www.christianmoralquestions.com/ also points out something similar in Habakkuk 2:15: "Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbours, pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk, so that he can gaze on their naked bodies" and suggests that here too there is some sort of sexual euphamism (after all why would the neighbours want to take their clothes off when they came round for a drink?). The term "being uncovered" usually implied that there was a woman involved (but she wouldn't have been mentioned in that kind of patriarchal narrative).Of coarse Ham took advantage of his father sexually he was aroused by his father's naked body and his helpless drunken state, and when Noah woke he was aware of what had happened to him, he would have known he had been penetrated.You wouldn't curse your son for seeing you naked that would not make sense at all no matter what he said to his brothers.
What does Genesis chapter 9 verse 22 mean?
Genesis 9:22: "And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without."Whenever the Bible talks about a man 'knowing' or 'seeing the nakedness' of another man or woman, it is a euphemism for sex, in this case, the most despised act by Ham of raping his own father and then boasting to his brothers about it. This is confirmed when Noah awoke:Genesis 9:24:"And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant."This passage had such obvious political implications that we do not need to believe that it really happened. Noah cursed, not Ham but Ham's son Canaan, and said that Canaan would forever be the servant to his brethren. When this story was written down, the Canaanites, biblical descendants of the legendary Canaan, were the despised competitors of the Israelites. To say that the Canaanites were ordained to forever be the slaves of the Israelites, descendants of Shem, must have been very satisfying.
Why was canaan cursed?
Canaan was cursed because he was born of incest. His father was Ham and his mother was Noah's wife, who was also Ham's mother.Answer:Canaan was cursed for the reason stated explicitly in Genesis ch.9. Noah refrained from cursing the perpetrator, Ham, because God Himself had blessed Noah and his three sons.
What does saw his nakedness mean in Hebrew?
This is usually considered a euphemism for sodomise, or anal rape.
Did Ham commit sodomy with his father Noah while he was naked?
The Bible doesn't say that Ham did anything to his father but just that he saw his Noah's naked body. Gen 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
What did Ham do in the Bible?
Many who read the below verses will come away thinking it was Ham who did the wrong act. But a closer read could point to it being Ham's son Canaan:Genesis 9:22-26New King James Version (NKJV)22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness.24 So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him. 25 Then he said:"Cursed be Canaan;A servant of servantsHe shall be to his brethren."26 And he said:"Blessed be the Lord,The God of Shem,And may Canaan be his servant.Now the question is was Canaan just 'viewing' his grandfather's nakedness or did he do something else besides that? There are many interpretations of this with none having substantial evidence to be considered factual.
How is the Curse of Ham associated with black people?
Genesis 9:20-27 says that Noah's son Ham "saw the nakedness of his father" and God responded "Cursed be Cannan" (Ham's son) and went on to bless Shem (Noah's other son, for protecting his father's nakedness) and state that Cannan's descendants would be servants to Shem's. This story appears to be told as a justification for the much later Israelite invasion and subjugation of the Land of Cannan. Later, when race-based slavery emerged, racists re-interpreted this story to justify race-based slavery by concluding that Africans were descended from Ham and therefore cursed by God to be eternal servitude.
What does the Bible say about nudity?
AnswerThe first time the Bible mentions nudity is in Genesis 2:25, when it says that Adam and Eve were both naked and they were not ashamed. After becoming aware they were ashamed of this condition.Nakedness is also discussed (and generally seen as not good) in:Leviticus 18 (e.g 18:9 -The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.)It is a sin to uncover the nakedness of another. This is seen as leading to other sins (see Leviticus 18:6-18).Ham's son was cursed because Ham saw the nakedness of his father and went and talked about it (Genesis 9:22-23).Habakkuk 2:15 speaks of the wickedness of those who get someone drunk in order to "look on their nakedness."
What is the curse of Ham?
Ham, son of Noah, was cursed for doing something he should not have done (seeing his father Noah drunk and naked). Answer B: The Bible does not say that Ham was cursed. It says his son Canaan was cursed.
How did noah younger son of the bible mistreat him?
In Genesis ch 9, it is recorded that Noah got spectacularly drunk and ended up lying naked in his tent. Ham saw this and told his brothers; they went to the trouble of getting a sheet, walking backwards into the tent and covering their father.Upon learning of this, Noah cursed Ham to be the servant of his two brothers.Answer:The biblical evidence leads to the understanding that either Ham or his son, Canaan, sodomized Noah while he lay unconscious and drunk.The wording in the KJV says: "...Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father..." (Gen.9:22).In verse 24; Noah awakes from his drunken stupor: "...and knew what his younger son HAD DONE unto him."It's evident that "seeing something" isn't "doing" anything to anyone.To assess this further... a close wording of "seeing the nakedness" of one's relatives is found in the "Levitical laws" [Lev.18]. While most people assume that these laws didn't come into existence until Moses wrote them down centuries later... this passage in Genesis 9 proves otherwise.Just as Noah knew what "clean" and "unclean" animals were, that he took on the ark with him [Gen.7]... we can read of what animals these were by what Moses wrote down centuries later for our edification, today, in these last days [Acts 7:38].In Leviticus 18, we read: "None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to UNCOVER their nakedness: I AM the Lord..." (Lev.18:6).While this seems to be NOT such a great sin to our somewhat calloused psyches in these end times... this is how the NIVtranslates this passage:"No one is to approach any close relative TO HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS. I AM the LORD."The biblical evidence, then, points to either Ham... or his son, Canaan, sodomizing, respectively, either his father... or his grandfather.The fact that Noah cursed "Canaan" rather than Ham could either mean that Noah was cursing Ham's children for what he, Ham himself, had done... or Canaan, the son of Ham, for his own sin.Either way... it's evident that what would later become known as a "Levitical law"... was known to Noah and his sons from across the flood. And it becomes clear that "seeing the nakedness of his father" wasn't what was "done" to Noah... but "sexual relations" had been committed, more than likely by Ham's son, Canaan.The NIV doesn't translate Genesis 9:22 as "having sexual relations" as it does in Leviticus 18. It says that Ham "SAW his father's nakedness"... not that he "uncovered" his father's nakedness [as Lev.18 words it], or did any actual "uncovering."This lends to the probability that Ham's son, Canaan was the culprit... and Ham was devastated and utterly shamed by it when he discovered [SAW] it, later. And in that shame, informed his brothers of the vile thing that happened.This would explain why Noah cursed "Canaan," specifically... and not Ham.In any event... it's evident that the "mistreatment" of Noah by his younger son... probably Canaan... was "illicit sexual relations."
Which book of the Bible were Noah's grandsons gay?
None. The story of Noah appears in Genesis, but there's no mention of same-sex sexual activity. This ignorant misconception might be based on the verses that mention that Noah became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father's nakedness. When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, he said, 'Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.'"
How was Noahs son Ham cursed?
The reason why ham was cursed was because of the fact that Noah was celebrating the fact that he and his family have been set free from the aspect of what it happened with the flood and with that his son Ham noticed his father being naked and made fun of the issue and was cursed because of that; whereas his two brothers were respectful to their father Noah and they went in with a covering backwards and put the covering over their naked father. Answer 2 Ham was not cursed by anyone. Noah cursed Canaan one of Ham's sons (Genesis 9).
What does the bible say about black sin people?
Having read the New Testament and having made feeble attempts to read the Old Testament, I do not recall any mention of skin color in any part of the Christian Bible. I presumed, because of the fairly narrow geographical location of the events of the Bible that the various authors were mostly olive or somewhat dark skinned as would be typical of the region, rather than black or white. So, while you cannot likely find any black people in the Bible, you also cannot find any whites.
Why did Noah punish Canaan instead of Ham?
A:The Hebrews of the first millenium BCE despised their neighbours, the Canaanites, whom they regarded as descended from the legendary Canaan. In the passage that follows Genesis 9:18, we see Ham, "the father of Canaan", homosexually rape his own father, Noah, while he is asleep in a drunken stupour. Whenever the Bible talks about a man 'knowing' or 'seeing the nakedness' of another man or woman, it is a euphemism for sex, in this case, the most despised act by Ham of raping his own father and then boasting to his brothers about it: (Genesis 9:22) "And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without." When Noah realises what has happened, he curses not Ham but Ham's future son Canaan, saying that he (his descendants) will forever be slaves for his brethren. The curse can be seen as part of a passage that seeks to justify future hatred of the Canaanites: (Genesis 9:24) "And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant."This passage had such obvious political implications that we do not need to believe that it really happened. Noah cursed, not Ham, but Ham's son Canaan, and said that Canaan would forever be the servant to his brethren. When this story was written down, the Canaanites, biblical descendants of the legendary Canaan, were the despised competitors of the Israelites. The curse can be seen as part of a passage that seeks to justify hatred of the Canaanites at the time the story was being told.
What did noahs youngest son do that merited a curse from his father?
Its actually a fairly amusing story. In Genesis 9:20-25, you can read that Noah got drunk and fell asleep naked in his tent (this is after the flood, by the way). Noah's son Ham then sees him laying there, and tells his other brothers, Shem and Japheth. Shem and Japheth are respectful enough to not look at their father as they cover him with a blanket. When Noah wakes up, he is angry at Shem for disrespecting him and cursed him.
