Question
I have a question about the story about Noah getting drunk off of wine, passing out naked and being covered by his sons. When he awoke he was so mad that he cursed someone for the entirety of their bloodline. Why? What was done that was so wrong?
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Answer
Ham gazed upon his father’s nakedness and Noah cursed Ham’s fourth son, Canaan. According to the Talmud (which we believe to be a commentary on the Torah that G’d Himself gave to Moses) Ham either sodomized or castrated his father. Some say that Ham did not want his father to have a fourth child which is the reason that Noah cursed specifically Ham’s fourth son.