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1 | I understand that but why did Noah curse | Gen 9:25 | gbea | 116788 | ||
Wow, it seems harsh that Noah cursed Canaan instead of Ham, since Ham is the one who saw him naked and tried to expose it to his brothers. I don't know the answer, but I'm going to offer a couple ideas… In Gen 9:18, when it lists the sons of Noah who went forth from the ark, Canaan is the only "grandson" who is mentioned. PERHAPS while on the ark, Canaan was in some way rebellious? God was giving him the just reward of his rebellion, for God will not be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. In the Ten Commandments given to Moses on Mt. Sinai, God says in Exodus 20… 2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 "You shall have no other gods before Me. 4 "You shall not make for yourself a carved image -- any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, 6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. I know that these commands were not yet given, but they were clearly in the heart of God from the beginning of time, especially from the beginning of the creation of man. Jewish tradition says that the world was created in memory of the giving of Torah (first 5 books of Moses) at Sinai. Strange to think about, but it seems to at least make a good point that this Torah is in the heart of God. So, the relevant point is in verse 5 where God says that He visits the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Him. There are many different gods to choose from… there always have been. Not obeying GOD is in effect obeying some other god. Perhaps Ham’s disrespect for his father (which broke God’s not yet given (in writing) command of honoring our father and mother, so that “your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you,” vs 12)… perhaps this disrespect is what brought the curse to his children. It’d probably be difficult for Canaan to honor Ham if he was enslaved to his brothers. Since Ham dishonored his father, his son wasn’t going to honor him. It also seems that Ham did not choose to worship the LORD (YHVH) as God because Gen 9:26,27 makes it seem that only Shem and maybe Japheth served the LORD. You see the same things in families today… many children choose to serve the God of their parents, but many others choose to serve other gods (like drugs, sex, rebellion, you name it). It’s not such a new thing to rebel against parents, eh? I’m interested to see if anyone has something else. I really don’t know… just thoughts… GB |
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2 | I understand that but why did Noah curse | Gen 9:25 | Searcher56 | 116794 | ||
Scripture ... Gen 10:1, 6 ............. Gen 10:1 Now these are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them AFTER the flood ... 6 The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan. Canaan was not on the ark ... there are other grandsons mentioned in chapter 10. |
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