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Since Ham made it impossible for his father to beget further sons, Noah appropriately denied him future sons, making Canaan and all his descendants into slaves rather than free men, who would be capable of passing on their property to others. Alternatively, the rabbis reasoned, perhaps Ham sexually abused his father and did not castrate him, though they were not sure why this behavior would result in the curse of Canaan.
Late ancient Christians offered a very different set of interpretations. Reluctant to imagine that Noah, a savior like Christ, had been raped or castrated, Christian interpreters offered comparatively mild interpretations of this passage. Still, they were also convinced that Ham—and by extension his son Canaan—were wicked and deserved the harsh punishment they received.
Contemporary readers are more often persuaded by the theory that Ham sexually abused his father. From the perspective of Genesis, they argue, Ham must have engaged in incest. Leviticus states:. None of you shall approach anyone near of kin to uncover nakedness: I am the Lord. Influenced by Leviticus, perhaps readers of Genesis are to imagine that Ham committed incest with Noah, or even raped him.
There is yet another interpretive possibility: perhaps readers are to imagine that Ham engaged in incest not with his father but with his mother. Whichever interpretation is preferred, however, Ham, the legendary son of the primeval patriarch Noah, is depicted in Genesis as engaging in some sort of shaming sexual infraction. As a result, Genesis suggests, Canaan and his descendants ought to be legitimately enslaved in perpetuity, a claim that would go on to have disastrous consequences when reapplied several centuries later in the context of North American slavery.
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Think of the Torah as an account of the transition from the creation of nature, to the creation of culture, to the creation of a Divinely sanctioned political community i. Along the way we have to deal with marriage, sex, property, kinship, inheritance, parent-child obligations, etc. So this last part of the book of Noah is about boundaries, sexual boundaries, and how they have to be understood and observed, and the disastrous consequences when they are violated.
Want to learn more? Get started with Bible study here. Skip to main content. Make a donation Join our email list Contact us Search. This question references the story in Genesis Does anyone know why Noah is so annoyed when Ham, his son, sees him sleeping naked Noah got drunk and passed out.
Asked By:. Be sure to check a related question. Ham's Curse. The Storyteller's Art. An Etiology Story. Informed Speculations. The Curse of Canaan. Leviticus states: None of you shall approach anyone near of kin to uncover nakedness: I am the Lord. Recommended Bibliography: Aaron, David. It's About Boundaries. Short, untechnical answer: Think of the Torah as an account of the transition from the creation of nature, to the creation of culture, to the creation of a Divinely sanctioned political community i.
The problem with this is that there is very little evidence of a conception of Israelite kinship with the Canaanites in biblical literature. While it is possible that the original story of Gen 9 simply reflects a unique tradition of familial brotherhood between Israel and Canaan that was denied or suppressed by the dominant biblical tradition, the anomaly should give us reason to pause and wonder if this is really the best solution.
Was he aware of Canaanite slavery in Greece? Deut ; 2 Sam But the narrator does not appear to show interest in her concerns or plight. He does not even emphasize that rape was involved. Rabbi David Frankel did his Ph. He teaches Hebrew Bible to M. I would like to receive new essays When published Before Shabbat.
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