Curse of Ham Japheth? And why will Japheth "dwell in the tents of Shem"? Further difficulties include Ham's being referred to as "the youngest son", when all other lists make him Noah's second son. Per Sarna, the biggest challenge of the narrative is why Canaan was cursed, rather than Ham, and the concealed details of the shameful incident bear the same reticence of Reuben's sexual transgression. The narrative's short five verses indicate that Canaan's Hamite paternity must have had great significance to the narrator or redactor, according to Sarna, who adds, "The curse on Canaan, invoked in response to an act of moral
Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible is a concordance to the Bible compiled by Robert Young first published in 1879. British editions and American editions are numbered differently. These have the title "Analytical Concordance to the Holy Bible". These have the title "Analytical Concordance to the Bible". The 20th American edition, first published in 1910, corresponds largely to the British 7th edition revised by W. B. Stevenson, but to which was added a further supplement, entitled "A sketch of recent exploration in Bible lands" by Thomas Nicol. This was originally published separately some time