He told her how he found his father in a tent near the vineyard, completely unrobed and lying on a mat. At first Ham was frightened and he ran to Noah. Then he noticed the empty wineskins and smelled the fermented drink on his father’s lips. He was drunk. Noah, the man of God, the man of rules, had broken one of his own standards. He allowed himself a pleasure to an exorbitant extent. He put aside the regulation and followed his own desire. Ham was delighted. If his father could bend the standards, why couldn’t he? Why not all of them? Who was Noah now to chastise any one of them for behaviors
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