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  Ham's Sin: Understanding Why Canaan Was Cursed Instead of Ham The biblical account of Noah's drunkenness and the subsequent cursing of Canaan in Genesis 9:20-27 has puzzled Bible scholars for centuries. Why would Noah curse Canaan, the son of Ham, rather than Ham himself, who committed the offense? This blog post explores a compelling interpretation that explains this mystery: Ham's sin was having relations with Noah's wife, and Canaan was the product of this illicit union. The Biblical Account Let's examine the passage in question: "And Noah began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not ...