u/reccaberrie

When I was a child I listened to this story and as I grew up I never understood why Noah cursed Ham simply for seeing him naked. I also saw some interpretations that he cursed him because he was “mocking” him because Ham unashamedly looks on the nakedness of his father, and then goes and tells it to his brothers.
However I recently realized that there is a lot of allegory of rape in the Bible.

My first language is Spanish so I don’t know if this is accurate for all language, but from what I read in the Bible it’s quoted that “Ham *saw*/met his father nakedness or intimacy. Which is usually a way of referring to sex.

There is also a part where it’s said “When Noah found out”. If you think about it seeing someone naked by accident is not serious and even for the Bible I thought it was an exaggeration but could it be possible that it was suggesting Ham had raped his father or had an incestous encounter with his mother? Which one makes more sense?

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u/reccaberrie — 21 days ago