The first time the Bible mentions gay sex

Remember that it’s just a story.

Welcome to the Daily Bible Chapter. My name is James Leroy Wilson and I invite you to join me as I attempt to read the Bible with fresh eyes, as if I don’t know anything about it. Let’s see where this takes us!

I’m reading Young’s Literal Translation (YLT) and the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV).

Leviticus 18

First, a note about Molech, mentioned in verse 22 and never mentioned before. I don’t know who or what Molech is. I’ll wait to see if Molech’s mentioned again with some description before I use outside sources to find out. But if the Israelites are tempted to sacrifice children to Molech, I suspect it can’t be anything good.

Leviticus 18 helps solidify my position that Genesis 9 was really the beginning of the story. Noah’s flood and all things before that are just backstories. One could say the story really begins with Moses, but the necessary prelude is Genesis 9. It establishes the theme.

As I wrote:

Ham, the father of Canaan, “saw the nakedness of his father,” I think we are to infer something more, perhaps that Ham mocked Noah or even raped him. Ham then must become a slave to his brothers.

This sounds like a metaphor. There’s a…