Post by logic on Jul 26, 2009 16:39:04 GMT -5
The nakedness of a man is a common Hebrew expression for having sex with his wife
Lev. 20:11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Lev. 20:20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
Canaan was cursed life because he was conceived by perversion; Ham sleeping with his mother. Noah cursed Canaan as a statement of that reality, not as a judgment, but as a warning to others against following in Ham’s perverted ways.
Noah drank his wine and got drunk, became uncovered in his tent [his drunkenness left his wife vulnerable and exposed to Ham’s wickedness]. And Ham, saw the nakedness of his father [that is, he had sex with Noah’s wife, Ham’s own mother] and told his two brothers. But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father [refusing to further abuse their mother].
faces were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness [i.e., their mother’s nude body]. So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him [because he found out from his wife and his sons]. Then he said [after he learned of the pregnancy]: “Cursed be Canaan [whose father was Ham]…" Gen. 9:18, 20‑25
Lev. 20:11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Lev. 20:20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
Canaan was cursed life because he was conceived by perversion; Ham sleeping with his mother. Noah cursed Canaan as a statement of that reality, not as a judgment, but as a warning to others against following in Ham’s perverted ways.
Noah drank his wine and got drunk, became uncovered in his tent [his drunkenness left his wife vulnerable and exposed to Ham’s wickedness]. And Ham, saw the nakedness of his father [that is, he had sex with Noah’s wife, Ham’s own mother] and told his two brothers. But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father [refusing to further abuse their mother].
faces were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness [i.e., their mother’s nude body]. So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him [because he found out from his wife and his sons]. Then he said [after he learned of the pregnancy]: “Cursed be Canaan [whose father was Ham]…" Gen. 9:18, 20‑25