Question: What happened to Noah when
he got drunk in the privacy of his tent?
* Noah knew about
agriculture, wine and its potency and his drunkenness is inexcusable. He had always maintained himself against wickedness
and godlessness. Even though he was a
seasoned man of God, he was still brought low through the excess of wine; a
reminder that we too can stumble.
* Noah’s over indulgence
occurred many years after the flood as his children had children and he was now
a grandfather. We should not presuppose that Noah was the first to plant a
vineyard or the first to get drunk.
* Noah ate of the fruit of
his orchard and became naked; similarly Adam ate of the fruit in his garden and
discovered he was naked. Both Noah and
Adam sinned and the consequences were passed down through the generations. The
lesson - Our sins affect our children.
* Setting the stage: According to the story: In earlier years, Noah
had planted a vineyard and during a harvest time, had fermented some wine,
drank it and got drunk. He was in the
privacy of his own tent and took off his
clothes. At least he was not out in
public…. Well, actually I guess there was not very much public.
* The Bible does not say if
anyone else was in the tent with him or if anyone else was drunk.
Gen 9:20-24 – The
Story
20 And Noah began to be an
husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
21 And he drank of the
wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan , saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
23 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.
KJV
24 And Noah awoke from his
wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him. ASV
24 And Noah awoke from his
wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. KJV
- Just as a side note,
some versions of the Bible say that Ham was the youngest child. I
believe scriptures supports that Ham was younger than Shem, but older than
Japheth, he was not the youngest. - Noah was about 600 years old at the
flood and lived to be about 950.
Living 350 more years, Noah could have had many other children
besides these three.
- Note: Scripture list names
in the order of their birth and Ham’ name is listed second, and calls
special attention right away about Ham being the father of
Gen 9:18 - Middle
Son
18 And the sons of Noah,
that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham,
and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan . KJV
·
CONSIDER THIS: I could say; - “Do you
know what my neighbor did to me?”
– He borrowed my rotor tiller and returned it to me broken – Now,
actually this destruction was done to my rotor tiller and not to me, but I owned
the rotor tiller, therefore the offence WAS
DONE TO ME. Hold that
thought.
- At this point we know
that Ham, his younger son entered the tent and something happened.
- Since Noah said
something was “done unto him”,
the first conclusion is; that a sex act took place between Ham and his
Father. This would be the first record of Homosexuality after the flood.
- Ham wanted his
brothers to join in, but they would not disrespect their father.
- The brothers without
looking, walked in backward with a garment and covered up their father nakedness. This is important… They did not see
the nakedness of their father.
- It should be pointed
out here that the brothers were not teenagers still living in their fathers
tent, but were married, had children and tents of their own. They were grown.
- If you don’t read this
account in the KJV of the Bible, you will miss what actually happened.
- To get more insight
we need to look at the Key Phrases mentioned … To cover or uncover “the nakedness of their father”. – NOTE: Disrespect
was a big deal to the Israelites.
- We are certainly
familiar with the Laws of the
Ten Commandments, which of course Noah’s family did not have. But there were similar ordinances that were passed down
and instilled into Noah’s family. These
judgments and ordinances were later verbalized in scripture. Let’s take a look.
Lev 18:4 - Ordinances
4 Ye shall do my
judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.
KJV
Lev 18:6-8 – Sexual
relations with relatives
6 None of you shall approach
to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy
mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
8 The nakedness of thy
father's wife shalt thou not uncover:
It is thy father's
nakedness. KJV- Scripture
Definition: The
father’s nakedness is: Uncovering the nakedness of the father’s wife.
There it is – very plain to me – Read all of Leviticus 18 - it
gets very specific and graphic. “Uncovering
nakedness” was their respectful way of saying, “Having Sex”.
- The nakedness of Noah’s wife belonged to
Noah.
- So here we are – Ham’s mother was probably also
in the tent naked, and Ham saw her and seemly had sex with his own mother
or perhaps his own son
- The nakedness of Noah’s wife belonged to Noah alone, and Ham or
Ham’s son wronged him.
- When someone wrongs your wife - They have
wronged you.
- When Noah woke up from his stupor, his wife
told him that her nakedness had been uncovered. Then Noah “knew” what Ham “had done
unto him”, either by him or his son
- Let’s
pause here: If a “nut case” from the
Gen 9:25 – The Curse
25 And he said, Cursed
be Canaan (Ham’s son); a servant
of servants shall he be unto his brethren. KJV
- Noah
cursed Ham’s son “
- Some commentaries indicate
a possible wildness or disrespect on the part of “
Lev 18:29 - Abomination
29 For whosoever shall
commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be
cut off (cursed) from among their people. KJV
- The tribes of Ham’s
son “
- Another descendent of
Ham’s son “Cush” would be Nimrod
who would build the
- Noah
blessed his other two sons, but it was his first born Shem’s line of
descendents that brought us the Godly line of Abraham, the Father of
Israel.
- As I ponder the
scriptures and climb into the story and look around, I see Noah’s started
the ball rolling with his sin of drunkenness.
- It occurs to me, that
probably many of Noah’s extended family had indulged in the fruit of the
vine also, not just Noah. Just saying.
- I see “
- Sick as it seems…. This is what the scriptures indicate to
me. Ham allowed the offence and did
nothing about it. You read the
account for yourself and tell me what happened.
In the multitude of counselors,
there is wisdom.
Prov 11:14
I am grateful for those
that went before me providing
concepts, ideas,
historical information and scripture verses.
A survey of the New
Testament – Gunry
All the Miracles of the
Bible - Herbert Lockyer
Baker Commentary on the
Bible - Ewell
Bible Commentary – F. B. Meyer
Compact Bible Dictionary - Zondervan
Complete Bible Handbook – Lawrence
Dake’s Annotated Bible – Dake`
Dictionary of Biblical
Literacy - Oliver Nelson
Double Predestination
Paper – Darryl Williams
Exposition of Genesis – H.C. Leupold
Halley’s Bible Handbook – H.H. Halley
KJV Bible
Mystery of the Ages – Herbert W. Armstrong
Mysteries of the Bible – Readers Digest
NIV Bible
International Thesaurus - Roget’s
The Apocrypha – Edgar J. Goodspeed
The Bible Almanac – Packer Tenney White
The Expositors Bible
Commentary – Frank E. Gaebelein
The Illustrated Bible
Dictionary – Tyndale
The Layman’s Overview of
the Bible – George W. Knight
The New International Dictionary of the Bible – J. D. Douglas
The Zondervan Pictorial
Encyclopedia of the Bible - Tenney
There were two Trees in
the Garden – Rick Joyner
Twelve Ordinary Men – John MacArthur
Vincent’s Word Studies of
the NT - Mac Donald
What the Bible is all
about – Henrietta C. Mears
What in the World is going
on? – David Jeremiah
Where to find it in the
Bible – Ken Anderson
Who’s who in the Bible – Paul D. Gardner
Wikipedia encyclopedia
Wycliff Bible Commentary,
The
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