Ham (son of Noah) son had done unto him. And he said, And he said, —Revised Version Ham was "blessed" in – Noah did not curse him directly, instead cursing his son Canaan. The Talmud deduces two possible explanations, one attributed to Rab and one to Rabbi Samuel, for what Ham did to Noah to warrant the curse. According to Rab, Ham castrated Noah on the basis that, since Noah cursed Ham by his fourth son Canaan, Ham must have injured Noah with respect to a fourth son. Emasculating him thus deprived Noah of the possibility of a fourth son. According to Samuel, Ham
Alcohol in the Bible alcoholic ones. The two-wine view is dominant in conservative Christian fundamentalism and is also found in evangelicalism. For example, Dr. Robert Teachout, a fundamental Baptist seminary professor, argued for this position in his doctoral dissertation "The Use of "Wine" in the Old Testament." Separatist Baptist support for a Biblical total abstinence position is widespread. Other sources for this view include the Purified Translation of the Bible, where extensive footnotes are used to promote the idea, and the 19th century "Temperance Bible Commentary". Alcohol in the Bible Alcoholic beverages appear in the Hebrew Bible, after Noah planted a vineyard and became