R[abbi] Huna said in R[abbi] Joseph’s name (Noah declared), “you have prevented me from begetting a fourth son, therefore I curse your fourth son.” R[abbi] Huna also said in R[abbi] Joseph’s name: “You have prevented me from doing something in the dark (… cohabitation), therefore your seed will be ugly and dark-skinned.” R[abbi] Hiyya said: “Ham and the dog copulated in the Ark, therefore Ham came forth black-skinned while the dog publicly exposes his copulation.”24 The Babylonian Talmud (sixth century)