January 13, 2021
Patricia D. Bonk of Rehoboth Beach passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. She was the daughter of the late Helen McWhorter Draper and Henry Carlton Draper of Milton, born in the dining room of her family home Nov. 11, 1926.
She attended high school at the Southern Seminary in Buena Vista, Va. While attending University of Maryland, she met her college sweetheart, Harry Bonk. They were married one week after she received her bachelor’s degree with a major in psychology and a minor in English in 1948. She was a member of the Kappa Delta sorority and a lifetime fan of University of Maryland.
I was a new believer when I heard a pastor explain Genesis 9:20–27.
He explained that Noah, after his exodus from the ark, planted a vineyard. After an evening of drinking, Noah passed out naked. When his son Ham discovered his disrobed dad, he invited his brothers, Shem and Japheth, to look. They refused and covered their father’s nakedness:
When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him, he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.” (Gen. 9:24–25)
Ham had sinned against righteous Noah, the pastor explained, so God cursed his son Canaan and his descendants by destining them to perpetual servitude (Gen. 9:25–27). Just as Cain had a mark on him (Gen. 4:15), so the Hebrew meaning of Ham’s name was “dark or black” hence the mark on the cursed dark-skinned peoples of Africa. They were destined to continual subjugation, which is evident throughout history.
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