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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] |
Subject: What Was The Curse Of Canaan? |
Bible Note: A youngster in our church recently asked why Noah cursed Canaan instead of Ham. Initial reaction was to say it wasn't too important because it was the curse of a drunken man caught "in his nakedness". This youngster put us right by reminding us that Noah was inspired and that this curse was part of God's inspired message to us. Has this verse been abused? Absolutely. I live in post-apartheid South Africa but know many right-wing organisations who try to use this passage to proove that the black people should be our slaves. Well, we did further study of this and came to virtually the same conclusions as MacArthur. Our reasoning as follows: Gen 10:15-27 lists descendants of Canaan. As you look at these names you see names of the inhabitants of the land of Israel at the time of the conquest. The name of the patriarch (Canaan) is used here to refer to the descendant tribes who would be conquered by Israel (the nation) Joshua 3:10. Many of the same names as in the list of Canaan's descendants. Canaan was not the Black line as far as I know. His brother Cush (which means black in Hebrew) seems to have this honor. If Noah had indeed cursed Ham then this curse would have included the black people, but this is not the case. Conclusion: 1. The curse was on Canaan the nation -- descendants of Canaan living in the promised land. 2. The curse was because of the wickedness that the Canaanites would perpetrate -- eg. Human sacrifice to Molech and idolatry. 3. Why did this happen after Ham's embarrasment of Noah? Noah was clearly angry at Ham and this seems to have triggered the curse of Canaan. Pure theory here that perhaps God used the occasion of Noah's anger for this revelation/curse to be made. In Christ Tim |
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