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Doré, Gustave (11) 귀스타프 도레

바이블엔명화 2020. 8. 9. 17:45

Gustave Doré 1832 – 1883

Noah Curses Canaan

engraving — 1865

Gustave Doré biography

This work is linked to Genesis 9:25

 

Art and the Bible - Genesis 9 - Old Testament

Genesis 9 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth

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After drinking too much wine Noah had disrobed himself drunkenly in his tent. His son Cham, father of Canaan, happened to find him in his drunken state and told his brothers – apparently an evil deed, because when Noah recovered he cursed Cham and his descendants.