Thematic Bible: Provokes his father's wrath and is cursed by him


Thematic Bible



Noah's sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham later fathered Canaan.) These three were Noah's sons, and from these men the whole earth was repopulated. Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant and farm a vineyard. read more.
He drank some of the wine, got drunk, and lay down naked right in the middle of his tent. Ham, who fathered Canaan, saw his father's genitals and told his two brothers outside. Then Shem and Japheth took their father's cloak, laid it across both their shoulders, and walking backwards, they both covered their father's genitals. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's genitals. When Noah sobered up and learned what his youngest son had done to him, he said, "Canaan is cursed! He will be the lowest of slaves to his relatives." He also said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave. May God make room for Japheth; may God live in Shem's tents, and may Canaan serve him."


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