I thought God cursed Ham because Noah ended up pissed as a fairy after surviving the flood (read: drunk) and his sons took him to bed. Ham accidentally saw his father's genitals and this, for some reason, caused God to treat him as a bad man. Lord knows why.
As for Cain, I can only find this in the KJV:
GENESIS: [15] And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. [16] And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. |
This only seems to mention a mark, nothing about blackening his skin.
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