Chapter 4. 2
Noah gets Drunk
What
happened to Noah
when
he got drunk in the
privacy
of his own tent?
First Word
Noah knew about agriculture, wine and its
potency; he had always maintained himself against wickedness and godlessness, so
his getting drunk is inexcusable. 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 ever get drunk.
Noah imbibed of the fruit of his orchard and took off his clothes 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 others around us.
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 really not that
much public at that time. The Bible does not say if anyone else was
in the tent with him or if anyone else was drunk, but hold
that thought.
Genesis 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 YOUNGER son had done unto him. KJV
24 When Noah woke up from his
stupor, he learned
what Ham,
his YOUNGEST son, had done. NLT
Note,
some versions of the Bible say that Ham was the younger child while others say the youngest child. Scripture
list names in the order of their birth and Ham’s name is listed second, and calls special
attention right away about Ham being the father of CANAAN. (Canaan was Ham’s youngest son)
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 would have had
many other children besides these three.
Genesis 9:18 – Ham is listed as the 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
The
Story
At
this point we know that Ham, Noah’s younger
son entered the tent and something “dark”
happened. Since Noah said something was “done unto him”, the first conclusion is; that a HOMOSEXUAL ACT took place between Ham and his Father and Ham
wanted his brothers to join in, but they would not disrespect their father. If in fact this was so, then this would be the
first record of Homosexuality
after the flood. Most commentaries just
say that something “dark” or humbling
occurred in the tent and MAY have included Noah’s grandson Canaan.
The brothers without looking, walked in backward with a garment and
covered up their
father’s 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.
Leviticus 18:4 - Ordinances
4 Ye shall do my
judgments, and keep mine ORDINANCES, to walk
therein: I am the LORD your God. KJV
I want to look at this from another angle using Noah’s statement that “he knew what had
been done to him”. 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 the destruction was done to my rotor tiller and not to me, but I owned
the rotor tiller, therefore the offence WAS DONE TO ME.
What if this offence happened to Ms. Noah,
it certainly would have been an offence to Noah also. Let’s look at their scripture ordnance; the
wording tells my BS what probably took place.
Leviticus 18:6-8 – Ordinance; 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
The father’s nakedness was uncovering
the nakedness of the FATHER’S WIFE. Did you see it?
The nakedness of Noah’s wife
belonged to Noah alone and it was uncovered by someone. 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”.
So here we are; in my BS, my Belief System; Ham’s
mother was probably also in the tent naked, and Ham saw her and seemly had sex
with his own mother. Ham told his
brothers and they, knowing the Ordinances of God, walked backward respectably
and covered up both their parents, and did not look.
The nakedness of Noah’s wife belonged
to Noah alone, and Ham had 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” and placed a curse on CANAAN. The
term KNEW is also a polite metaphor for having sex and can be observed in scripture when Adam knew his
wife and she conceived.[1] The question arises why was the Curse put on Canaan? He was just one of Noah’s four grandchildren.
Some commentaries indicate a possible wildness or disrespect on the part of “Canaan”
not mentioned in the story. Other
commentaries simply indicate that this was actually “prophecy” of Canaan’s
place in history to be slaves and servants to his brothers. Some students of the Word believe that it was
Mrs. Noah’s grandson Canaan that was the one that had sex with her. The Book goes
out of its way to inform us that Canaan was the son of Ham, but does not mention the mother.
Hold that thought,
What I am about to say is really going to mess with your Belief System, your worldview. In my BS, I believe that what is NOT SAID here is that Mrs. Noah got pregnant by her own
son HAM and had a son named CANAAN and
that is why Noah cursed him and not Ham.
Leviticus 18:29 – Ordinance;
an Abomination shall be cursed
29 For whosoever
shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall
be cut off (Shall be Cursed) from among their people. KJV
Genesis
9:25 – Canaan is the son of Ham
25 THEN
HE CURSED CANAAN, THE SON OF HAM: “May Canaan be cursed! May he be the lowest
of servants to his relatives.” (NLT)
Genesis 9:25 – The Curse was place on Canaan, not
Ham
25 And he (Noah) said,
CURSED BE CANAAN (Ham and his mama’s son); a servant of
servants shall he be unto his brethren. KJV
The
Take Away
The tribes of Ham’s son
“Canaan”
would come to be a “thorn in the flesh” to Israel and have frequent
conflicts with them, but they would be defeated. Ham’s son “Cush” had a descendent that was Nimrod
who built the TOWER OF
BABEL and
the city of Babylon
where the abominations of all the other Gods had their birth.
Noah blessed his other two sons, but it was his first born of Shem’s line of descendants 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 also indulged in the Kick-a-poo Joy Juice, not just Noah. Just
saying.
I see “Ham”
probably intoxicated, enters into his father’s tent and finds his mother
incapacitated by strong drink and had sex with her and went out and told his
brothers. A year later she conceives and
CANAAN is born and is
cursed by Noah. Sick as this seems; this
is what the scriptures indicate to me. You
read the account for yourself and tell me what your BS embraces.
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