And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
Ver. 22. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw.] The Hebrews say, that Canaan first saw it, and then showed it to Ham his father, who looks upon it with delight, Ut vultures ad male olentia feruntur, saith Basil; as carrion-kites are carried after stinking carcasses.
And told his two brethren without.] Sic et impii hodie ex Ecclesiae tragaediis comaedias componunt. How glad are the wicked, if they can but get any hint to lay hold on, whereby to blaspheme, and blaze abroad the saints' infirmities! "Report say they, and we will report". Jer 20:10 Yea, rather than want matter against God's people, they will suck it out of their own fingers' ends. But if such a thing as this fall out, that Noah be drunk, though but once in an age, the banks of blasphemy will soon be broken down, and the whole race of religious persons must rue for it; among these Canaanites some also will be found to excuse them in it, as Scaliger doth Ham.