In Genesis, Ham is the son associated with seeing Noah uncovered after the flood.
Genesis 9:20–24 says that Noah became drunk from wine, lay uncovered in his tent, and Ham saw his father’s nakedness. Ham then told his two brothers, Shem and Japheth, who walked backward into the tent and covered Noah without looking at him. When Noah awoke, he learned what had happened and pronounced a statement concerning Canaan.
The passage is often simplified in retellings, but its details matter. Ham is not described as entering the ark late or as being absent from the flood; he is one of Noah’s three sons who survived it. The text also names Canaan in Noah’s subsequent pronouncement, not Ham himself as its direct subject.
Later interpreters have debated the meaning and moral implications of the episode. It has also been misused historically to justify racist claims, but Genesis does not connect the story to modern racial categories. The direct identification in the narrative is Ham.