The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 41 : Genesis 9:18–23 – Noah’s Intoxication and Ham’s Sin

THE EARTH REPOPULATED BY THE SONS OF NOAH – THE STORY OF NOAH’S INTOXICATION – WAS THIS A FULFILMENT OF LAMECH’S PROPHECY? – YET ANOTHER POLEMIC AGAINST THE PAGANS? – WAS NOAH CULPABLE FOR HIS SIN? – ‘HAM, FATHER OF’ A GLOSS? – HAM WAS NOT A LITTLE BOY – HABAKKUK’S COMMENTARY ON SIMILAR SITUATIONS – DID HAM PHYSICALLY DO SOMETHING TO NOAH? – DIFFERENT THEORIES ON THE SIN OF HAM – REASONS TO REJECT THE AFOREMENTIONED THEORIES – HAM’S SIN APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SEVERAL – NOAH’S DRUNKENNESS WAS THE IMPETUS USED TO REVEAL WHAT WAS IN HIS SONS’ HEARTS – SHEM AND JAPETH COVER THEIR FATHER’S SHAME – POETIC FORM – WINE