Curse of Ham Curse of Ham The Curse of Ham is the curse upon Canaan, Ham's son, that was imposed by the biblical patriarch Noah. The curse occurs in the Book of Genesis and concerns Noah's drunkenness and the accompanying shameful act perpetrated by his son Ham, the father of Canaan (). The controversies raised by this story regarding the nature of Ham's transgression, and the question of why 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 subjection of the Canaanite people to the Israelites, but in
The Books of the Bible 2010<br> New International Version<br> "The Books of the Bible New Testament" 2011<br> "The Books of the Bible Covenant History" (Genesis-Kings) 2012<br> "The Books of the Bible" 2012 "The Books of the Bible" has become the centerpiece of Biblica's program of Community Bible Experiences, in which churches or similar groups read through a quarter of the Bible together in six to eight weeks. InterVarsity Press is developing a series of study guides, entitled "Understanding the Books of the Bible", that do not use chapters and verses and are instead keyed to the natural literary format of "The Books of the Bible".