And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
Ham's mockery of his own father reveals a wicked and perverse heart. Drunkenness itself deserves this reward: that men who deface God's image in themselves become a laughingstock to their own children. If the Lord avenged Noah's single transgression so severely, He will prove no less severe an avenger against those daily intoxicated.
AI summary
Noah was no idle gentleman after the flood, he returned to his husbandman's work with humility and industry, though he was old, rich, and favored by Heaven. God can enlarge a small beginning beyond measure through His blessing; from these three sons the whole earth was peopled. When His providence interrupts our calling, we must take it up again faithfully once the occasion passes.
AI summary
Commenting on Genesis 9:18-23
Ham entered his father's tent where he had no right to be and looked with pleasure and delight on his nakedness, then went out and told it in a wanton, ludicious, scoffing manner. What exactly he did beyond looking, we are not told, but it was grave enough to bring a curse on Canaan.
AI summary