As narrated in Genesis 9, the ancient patriarch drinks too much, goes to bed naked and is discovered by Ham, one of his three sons. Ham goes off to tell his brothers, Shem and Japheth, who cover their ...

In Genesis 9:20-27, Noah’s youngest son, Ham, “the father of Canaan,” sees his father drunk and asleep in his tent. Ham tells his older brothers, Shem and Japheth, about their father’s ...

In light of this understanding of a curse, one would assume that Noah would curse the person with whom he was displeased – Ham. But the text says that Noah cursed Canaan who was a son of Ham and ...

In the Tractate Sanhedrin, chapter 70, we are told that two of the ancient sages pondered what Ham might have done to deserve such a curse. One rabbi says that he castrated his father while the ...

When Noah awoke, he realized what Ham had done. In his hatred, Noah beseeched God to put a curse on Canaan so that Canaan would be a servant to the offspring of Shem and Japheth. At age 950, Noah ...

THE CURSE OF HAM: Race and Slavery in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam David Goldenberg, . . Princeton, $35 (408pp) ISBN 978-0-691-11465-1 ...

And as punishment, he placed a curse on Ham's descendants (Ham was one of Noah's sons). That curse has been passed down through generations, affecting black people to this day.

Father Gregory Elder answers a reader's question about Ham, Noah's son. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now °F. ... Professing Faith: The troubling curse of Ham in… Share this: ...