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The mystery of the Canaanite curse Please read carefully the account below which is pulled from Genesis 9 18 25 in order to understand an unusual mystery regarding the descendants of Abraham 18The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem Ham and Japheth Ham was the father of Canaan 19These were the three sons of Noah and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth 20Noah a man of the soil proceeded to plant a vineyard 21When he drank some of its wine he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent 22Ham the father of Canaan saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside 23But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders then they walked in backward and covered their father s naked body Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked 24When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him 25he said Cursed be Canaan The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers 26He also said Praise be to the LORD the God of Shem May Canaan be the slave of Shem 27May God extend Japheth s territory may Japheth live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth Noah wakes up from his deep sleep and curses Canaan son of Ham who appears to have nothing to do with the transgression of his father Ham Canaan was one of four sons born to Ham Ham was the one who saw his father Noah s nakedness and told his brothers about it

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The mystery of the Canaanite curse Please read carefully the account below which is pulled from Genesis 9:18-25 in order to understand an unusual mystery regarding the descendants of Abraham. 18The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 19These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth. 20Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. 21When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. 22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside. 23But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked. 24When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, 25he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.” 26He also said, “Praise be to the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. 27May God extend Japheth’s territory; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.” Noah wakes up from his “deep sleep” and curses Canaan, son of Ham who appears to have nothing to do with the transgression of his father Ham. Canaan was one of four sons born to Ham. Ham was the one who saw his father Noah’s nakedness and told his brothers about it.

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Why Noah chose to curse Canaan instead of Ham who is Canaan s father and who appears to have offended Noah is a mystery not recorded in the account Another mystery of Noah s curse was why he only chose to curse Canaan out of the four sons born to Ham What was it about Canaan that made Noah hand pick him as the object of his curse Why did Noah choose not to curse any of Ham s other sons but only chose to curse Canaan The answer to that question is stranger than fiction yet it is true For now we will only concentrate on the fact that the curse stayed with Canaan Shem and Japheth are both blessed by Noah according to the account However Japheth was told that his territory will expand and he will live in colonize the tents of Shem Even though Shem is highly blessed for whatever reason known to Noah Japheth was going to colonize the blessed Shem Poor Shem Even though he is blessed it does not appear what awaits him in the future looks blessed The account continues with Canaan establishing a people called the Canaanites who become bearers of the curse of their father Canaan Canaan bears eleven sons one of whom is the father of the Amorites Please take note of the Amorites for we will discuss them shortly

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Abraham (Descendant of blessed Shem) Many years after the account of Noah and his sons, a descendant of Shem (Abram) is chosen by God to become the ‘father of a blessed nation’. Below is the account of the call of Abram as found in Genesis 12:1-6. The Call of Abram 1The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” 4So Abram went, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. 5He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there. 6Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. A very interesting situation arises with the call of Abram. Abram is a descendant of Shem who we know was blessed by Noah. After being called by God to become the father of a blessed nation, Abram is instructed to go into an unusual place, Canaan. Why Canaan? We already know Canaan is cursed. Why is the blessed Abram told to go into a land inhabited by a cursed people?

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Anyway Abram obeys and journeys to Canaan Abram arrives and settles there with the Canaanites the cursed people in the same land At this point we have two sets of people living in the land of Canaan The cursed Canaanites and the blessed offspring of Shem For further understanding of this developing story let us consider what God tells Abram in Genesis 15 12 16 12As the sun was setting Abram fell into a deep sleep and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him 13Then the LORD said to him Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there 14But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves and afterward they will come out with great possessions 15You however will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age 16In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here for the sin of the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure Abram receives from God information regarding the future of his descendants Abram is told that his descendants who are of the blessed lineage of Shem are going to become slaves in a foreign land for four generations Slavery for Shem s offspring Is that not a curse which belongs to the Canaanites God also tells Abram that after liberation from slavery his descendants will return back to Canaan for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure Who are the Amorites What is this sin of the Amorites which has not yet reached its full measure Before we delve into the Amorites let us consider how Abram s descendants who by all accounts are supposed to be blessed will eventually become slaves The reason Abram s descendants were destined for slavery was because someone was going to forcefully get them to carry upon their heads the curse which belonged to Canaan The blessed children of Abram who were supposed to be free were going to be enslaved by a mysterious group of people and eventually made to believe that they were the cursed Canaanites instead of the blessed children of Shem Who could these mysterious deceivers be that will lead the blessed children of Abram into believing they are a cursed people

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The answer lies in verse 16 of the account above where we are told for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure The Amorites are the deceivers who were destined to mislead the children of Abram into slavery God tells Abram that after four generations of slavery his descendants will be liberated but they will continue to be under the influence of the deceptive Amorites until the sin of the Amorites reaches its full measure Three very important characters emerge from the accounts above Canaanites cursed Abram s descendants blessed but deceived into bearing the Canaanite curse Amorites deceivers of Abram s children causing them to fall into slavery The Amorites descended from the cursed Canaanites The two belong in the same family The Amorites are master deceivers who were going to succeed in making the cursed Canaanites believe they were Abraham s children while the true children of Abraham were going to be deceived by the same Amorites into believing they were the cursed Canaanites The world knows about the slavery which the children of Abraham endured in the first Egypt That was the first four hundred years of slavery which God made known to Abram After their first enslavement the children of Abraham were going to return back to the land of Canaan from which they will eventually be scattered only to be enslaved again in a second Egypt this time by the Amorites The Amorite enslavement is talked about in chapter 28 of the book of Deuteronomy In this chapter Moses tells the children of Abraham what would befall them once they decided to forsake the ways of God We all know the children of Abraham did forsake the ways of God at some point which simply means everything that was told them that they would suffer once they forsook the ways of God had to be fulfilled 48 therefore in hunger and thirst in nakedness and dire poverty you will serve the enemies the LORD sends against you He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you 49 The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away from the ends of the earth like an eagle swooping down a nation whose language you will not understand 50

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a fierce looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young 66 You will live in constant suspense filled with dread both night and day never sure of your life 67 In the morning you will say If only it were evening and in the evening If only it were morning because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see 68 The LORD will send you back in ships to Egypt on a journey I said you should never make again There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves but no one will buy you The passage above makes it clear that the second enslavement of the children of Abraham will involve being carried off in ships to the second Egypt The children of Abraham were to be enslaved by people from a far country whose language they did not understand Yokes of iron were to be placed on their necks until they were destroyed A careful examination of what was prophesied regarding the children of Abraham makes it very clear who they are based on what happened to them once they departed the ways of God The colonization and slavery of the people from Africa is a perfect fit for what was prophesied in the book of Deuteronomy These are the children of Abraham who were carried off in ships with iron yokes bound to their necks into the new Egypt where they were enslaved and made to believe they were cursed by the Amorites who ruled over them These Amorites hate the children of Abraham but are very friendly towards the Canaanites The Amorites are always standing with Canaan while oppressing the children of Shem The sin of the Amorites has now reached its full measure which means it is time for the children of Abraham to take back their blessing while the Canaanites take back the curse which has always belonged to them The cup of the lying Amorites is finally full

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