Curse of Ham

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title: Curse of Ham
text: In the Book of Genesis, the curse of Ham is described as a curse which was imposed upon Ham's son Canaan by the patriarch Noah. It occurs in the context of Noah's drunkenness and it is provoked by a shameful act that was perpetrated by Noah's son Ham, who "saw the nakedness of his father". The exact nature of Ham's transgression and the reason Noah cursed Canaan when Ham had sinned have been debated for over 2,000 years. The story's original purpose may have been to justify the biblical subjecti
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description: Biblical curse imposed on Canaan
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham
date created: 2005-08-25T01:10:14Z
date modified: 2024-09-09T22:36:30Z
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