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NASB | Genesis 9:25 So he said, "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 9:25 So he said, "Cursed be Canaan [the son of Ham]; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers." [Deut 27:16] |
Bible Question:
What was the curse of Canaan? Why do some people say it was on Ham, the father of Canaan? How has this passage been abused? Steve |
Bible Answer: "9:25-27 Cursed be Canaan. The shift from Ham to his son Canaan established the historic legitimacy of Israel's later conquest of the Canaanites. These were the people with whom Israel had to do battle shortly after they first heard Moses' reading of this passage. Here, God gave Israel the theological basis for the conquest of Canaan. The descendants of Ham had received a sentence of judgment for the sins of their progenitor. In 10:15-20, the descendants of Canaan are seen to be the earlier inhabitants of the land later promised to Abraham." MacArthur NKJV Study Bible "..It is probably better to hold that Canaan and his descendants were to be punished because they were going to be even worse than Ham (Lev. 18:2-3,6-30)." NIV Study Bible "Prayer, Petition—What seems to be a strange prayer was a recognition before God of the character of these sons. The closely knit family structure of patriarchal days rendered it likely that godliness would be propagated (18:19; Ps 103:17), as well as ungodliness (Ex 20:5). Future generations are responsible for their own sin. Of all Ham’s sons, it was the Canaanites whose Baal worship would plague future Israel." Disciple's Study Bible "9:25 This is a word of prophecy about Canaan and his descendants, as well as judgment on Ham through the curse of his son Canaan. Ham’s unfaithfulness in his covenant relationship with his father was punished by God’s releasing or giving up (cf. Rom 1:24ff.) his son Canaan to his own sinful tendencies. Noah could probably see already in Canaan the same ungodly attitudes that had surfaced in Ham. Prior to the conquest of the Promised Land, Israel learned from this account that the perverseness of their enemies the Canaanites, under the judgment of God, could be traced to their ancestor Ham. Contrary to some misinterpretations of the past, the reader should note that neither Ham nor Canaan and the Canaanites were black. This passage cannot be used as a basis for the reprehensible attitudes and actions of racism. 9:26-27 Note that the lineage of Shem, from which Abraham would come, was specially favored by God." Believer's Study Bible "The three sons had been blessed with their father (see v. 1). Thus Noah cursed Ham indirectly by cursing his son Canaan (see 10:6). Some once believed that this verse justified the slavery of African peoples (who, it was alleged, were descended from Canaan), but those people misinterpreted the verse. Canaan was under the curse of his father. As the Hebrews stood on the banks of the Jordan River about to enter the land of Canaan (see Deut. 1:1), they would have been encouraged by this verse because it promised victory over the Canaanites." Nelson Study Bible "9:25 Cursed be Canaan. Whether Canaan was personally involved with his father Ham’s sin we do not know (he might have seen Noah’s condition first and then told his father). But Ham is punished for his dishonor to his father by having a son who would bring dishonor to him. The curse is not on the Hamites, but on the Canaanites, the inhabitants of Palestine who were first subjected by Joshua and later by Solomon (cf. 1 Kings 9:20-21). The Canaanites long ago became extinct; the curse, therefore, cannot be applied to anyone today." Ryrie Study Bible |
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