[Noah] drank of the wines and became inebriated, and exposed himself into the their tent. 22 Ham, the daddy regarding Canaan, saw new nakedness away from his dad, and you may advised their one or two brothers exterior. 23 But Shem and you may Japheth took a garment and applied they upon both the arms and you can wandered backward and you will covered the newest nakedness of their father; and their faces have been turned aside, so they really failed to select its father’s nakedness. twenty-four Whenever Noah awoke from their wine, he understood exactly what his youngest guy got done to your. twenty-five Thus the guy told you, “Cursed be Canaan; a servant regarding servants he might be so you can their brothers.”

Indeed, since the newest Babylonian Talmud, Jewish interpreters kept one to Ham sometimes raped his father otherwise castrated him (Sanhedrin, 70a). Progressive students such as for instance Hermann Gunkel, Gerhard [...]