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
The Living Bible The Living Bible The Living Bible (TLB) is an English language paraphrase of the Bible created by Kenneth N. Taylor and first published in 1971. Taylor used the American Standard Version of 1901 as his base text. According to "Ken Taylor, God's Voice In The Vernacular" by Harold Myra in a 1979 issue of "Christianity Today", Taylor explained the inspiration for preparing "The Living Bible:" The children were one of the chief inspirations for producing the Living Bible. Our family devotions were tough going because of the difficulty we had understanding the King James Version, which we were then using,