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Fun Bible Trivia Part 2!
Mar. 28th, 2009 09:30 amRelying on Wikipedia for my quotes again - I don't know what translation they use. Anyway, Ham, Noah's son, in Genesis 9:20-25
And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard. And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest 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, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant. God enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant.
Yeah, so, this one isn't as 100% accepted as the feet one, but still pretty widespread among scholars - there's a theory that when they say Ham "saw the nakedness of his father". . . yeah, actually, he sodomized him. There's another theory that it refers to castration but I learned the sodomy one. You have to admit that raping your drunk dad is a pretty good reason to curse someone forever. Way better reason than just seeing your dad naked, which is already a punishment in itself. Oh, bible.
Anyway, I've got at least one more of these in mind for tomorrow, although it's not dirty. XD Stay tuned!
And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard. And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest 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, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant. God enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant.
Yeah, so, this one isn't as 100% accepted as the feet one, but still pretty widespread among scholars - there's a theory that when they say Ham "saw the nakedness of his father". . . yeah, actually, he sodomized him. There's another theory that it refers to castration but I learned the sodomy one. You have to admit that raping your drunk dad is a pretty good reason to curse someone forever. Way better reason than just seeing your dad naked, which is already a punishment in itself. Oh, bible.
Anyway, I've got at least one more of these in mind for tomorrow, although it's not dirty. XD Stay tuned!
