Ham

After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

A list of names that spans centuries. Between the lines: lifetimes of faith, loss, and waiting.

Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside. Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.…

God makes a promise to every living creature and hangs a sign in the sky. But even after the flood, human nature hasn't changed.

The sons of Ham: The sons of Cush: Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.” His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah. Mizraim was the…

Seventy nations branching from three sons. The human family spreads across the earth — and the story is about to narrow.