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1 | Was Ham showing homosexual tendencies? | Gen 9:22 | daughterofsion7 | 175896 | ||
In regards to Ham's behaviour, is it possible that the bible was referring to homosexual tendencies in Ham? Because if Ham only looked then when Noah woke up from sleep how did he know what Ham had done? there must have been some evidence for him to know what Ham did. | ||||||
2 | Was Ham showing homosexual tendencies? | Gen 9:22 | mark d seyler | 175902 | ||
Hi DaughterofSion7, The Bible doesn't give us specific information on this incident, although "to uncover one's nakedness" is often understood to be euphemistic of sexual immorality. For instance, in Leviticus 18 this phrase is repeated over and over, but we do not believe that we are prohibited against, say, changing a baby's diapers. Many have asked this same question as you, for the same reason, and it would seem to make sense that there was something going on, but we're just not told. Perhaps Noah was drunk enough to not realize what that Ham was looking at him, but when he sobered up, he remembered. If we are going to speculate on someone else's bad behavior, we can still give them the benefit of the doubt. Just some random thoughts! Bottom line, we don't really know. I hope this helps! Love in Christ, Mark |
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3 | Was Ham showing homosexual tendencies? | Gen 9:22 | MJH | 175972 | ||
Jewish scholars during the time both before and after Jesus have written commentaries on this passage and some of them say that Ham committed Homosexual intercourse with Noah. That does not mean it is a certainty, but it has been believed to be the case even before the time of Jesus...which is at least interesting. From schechter.edu “In the Talmud we find some tradition saying that he was castrated by his son or that Ham had sexual intercourses with his father while he was drunk (Sanhedrin 70a). But as a general rule, most Sages transmit the simple meaning of the text, teaching that it is disrespectful for sons to see their parents (or their teachers) unclothed.” MJH |
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4 | Was Ham showing homosexual tendencies? | Gen 9:22 | BradK | 175974 | ||
Hello MJH, Your comments are noted and appreciated. In my reading of the text, I do not see and direct or indirect reference to homosexual behavior by Ham. We need to be careful about reading into texts with our current cultural biases:-) The New Bible commentary makes this observation: "Sadly, the righteous and blameless Noah succumbed to drink and exposed himself while sleeping. His relatively minor sin (cf. Adam in 3:6) was followed by the much graver sin of his younger son Ham (cf. Cain in 4:8). Once again by this sequence Genesis suggests history repeating itself. The new human race headed by Noah was, like the former one, on the slide. Modern readers fail to see the gravity of Ham’s sin and ask what is wrong with gossiping or joking to your brothers about your parents’ failings? So attempts have been made to suggest Ham was guilty of incest or other sexual impropriety. But these notions are wrong and fail to appreciate how seriously the OT and other ancient cultures took filial duties. ‘Honour your father and mother’ comes next to the Godward commandments in Ex. 20, and striking or cursing your father or mother could be punished by death (Ex. 21:15, 17; cited by Jesus, Mk. 7:10). [D. A. Carson, New Bible Commentary : 21st Century Edition] Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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