Curse of Ham the ark and "was smitten in his skin"; according to another, Noah cursed him because he castrated his father. Although the Talmud refers only to Ham, the version brought in a midrash goes on further to say "Ham, that Cush came from him" in reference to the blackness, that the curse did not apply to all of Ham but only to his eldest son Cush, Cush being a sub-Saharan African. Thus, two distinct traditions existed, one explaining dark skin as the result of a curse on Ham, the other explaining slavery by the separate curse on Canaan. The concepts were
Back to the Bible as senior pastor, but Back to the Bible stood by its decision to dismiss him from his role there. From August 2014 to June 2016, the daily "Back to the Bible" program featured Bible teaching from Warren Wiersbe, David Chadwick and Darrell Bock. In July 2016, Ron Moore, pastor of The Bible Chapel in the Pittsburgh area, was named president and Bible teacher. He served as president until February 2018, and was succeeded by David Platt. Back to the Bible has offices in nine countries outside the United States (Canada, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Trinidad &