Bible Discussion Thread

Im a bit confused as to why Ham was cursed at the end of chapter 9 in Geniuses. "Noah woke up and knew what was done onto Him," the Bible states. Why was it such a big deal for Ham to walk in on his father being naked and tell his older brothers? I think that his telling someone was better than letting his father just be naked. At these times, why was seeing his father naked such a big deal?

I've heard it explained it was a perversion thing. Note they were adults, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 7:7,13, Genesis 8:16,18,

Genesis 9:22, honestly ask yourself would you go tell others? Or cover? Who showed their father honor? Genesis 9:23

Noah, "knew what his younger son had done to him." Genesis 9:24, it wasn't that he just saw.

There's additional information, to help readers understand, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:25, Genesis 10:15, note Canaan, 1st recorded rape of a girl Genesis 33:18, Genesis 34:1-2, & Sodom & Gomorrah, Genesis 10:19, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 18:20, Genesis 18, Gen. 19,

Isaiah 3:9, Jeremiah 23:14, Ezekiel 16:49, Jude 1:7, it appears to point to a root of evil started with that person.

Hopefully this is helpful

Kimberly,

Noah got black-out drunk and Ham sexually took advantage of him. Ham's two brothers, out of respect for Noah, walked into his room backwards as not to see his nakedness. When Noah realized what happened to him, he cursed Canaan. He placed the curse on Canaan because he had already blessed Ham.

who was abram first son

George,

Abram's first son was Ishmael, whose mother is Sarah's maidservant.

Genesis 17,