7: 11ِWhen Noah was six hundred years old, all the outlets of the vast body of water beneath the earth burst open. All the flood-gates of the sky were opened, and rain fell on the earth for forty days.

   13ِOn the same day Noah and his wife went into the boat with their three sons, SHEM, HAM, and JAPHET, and their wives.

   14ِWith them went every kind of animals, domestic and wild, large and small, and every kind of bird. A male and a female from each kind of living being went into the boat with Noah as God had commanded.

Then the Lord shut the door (OF THE BOAT) behind Noah.

   17ِThe Flood continued for forty days and the water became deep enough for the boat to float.

6: 13ِ When Noah was 601 years old the water was gone. So Noah removed the covering of the boat, looked round and saw that the ground was getting dry.

   15ِ God said to Noah:ِ``Go out of the boat with your wife your sons, and their wives. Take all the birds and animals out with you, so that they may reproduce and spread over all the earth.''

9: 20ِ Noah who was a farmer was the first man to plant a vineyard.

   21ِ After he drank some of the wine, he became drunk, took off his cloths, and lay naked in his tent. When Ham, Canaan's father saw that his father was naked he went out and told his two brothers. Then Shem and Japhet took a robe and held it behind them on their shoulders. They walked backward in the tent and covered their father, keeping their faces turned away so as not to see him naked.

   24ِ When Noah was sober again and learnt what his youngest son had done to him he said:ِ ``A CURSE ON CANAAN!'' he will be the slave to his brothers. Canaan will be the slave of Shem!

      I wish I could have the answers of the priests, either Christians or Jews for the following questions on account of the above mentioned tale:ِ

      1ِ Were Noah and his rescued folk more in need of planting wheat and barley, or wine and vineyards?

      2ِ What was HAM going to prove when he informed his two brothers, of their father being blind drunk fallen naked!? Why did he not cover his father, and where was his mother then?

      3ِ When HAM the father of Canaan did that sin of tale-bearing! Why did Noah cursed Canaan his innocent grandson instead of his own guilty son, if there was any guilt?

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