What Did Ham Do?

Could you give me your opinion of Gen.9,verse 22? Thank you.

Q. Could you give me your opinion of Gen. 9,verse 22? Thank you.

A. I assume you’re asking for my opinion because the Bible doesn’t give us a detailed description of the event in question.

Genesis 9:22 reads “And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.” The Hebrew word translated nakedness here is different from the one used to describe Adam and Eve’s nakedness in Genesis 2:25. It gives us a hint that Noah’s nakedness was shameful, perhaps because of his drunken state, while theirs was innocent.

The fact that Ham didn’t restore Noah’s modesty, but ran out to tell his brothers about it resulted in Noah cursing a branch of his line. This indicates that his actions were also shameful. Beyond that no one knows. I’ve seen labels all the way from simple disrespect to homosexuality applied to Ham’s behavior. But the truth is that the Bible just doesn’t say, and when that’s the case it means we don’t need to know.