The Curse of Canaan: Genesis 9

[Marathoner]

1 hour ago, leah777 said:

I would love to respond,but I don't have the knowledge. I am hoping to learn from what everyone shares on here.

I'm of the same mind, sister. I understand that Noah's curse of Canaan was prophecy but I haven't been able to discern why Ham wasn't cursed from studying the scriptures.

[Justin Adams]

Why did Noah Curse Canaan and not Ham?

If Noah had cursed Ham directly, then all 4 of his sons would have been cursed. By grace, only Canaan was cursed.

Why did he bless Shem and Japheth and not their sons as he did unto Ham?

Noah blessed Shem and Japheth directly and blessed their descendants through them.

Ham made a baby with Noah's wife. Canaan. God had already blessed Ham, so Noah cursed Ham's illegitimate offspring.

[Dennis1209]

1 hour ago, Justin Adams said:

Why did Noah Curse Canaan and not Ham?

If Noah had cursed Ham directly, then all 4 of his sons would have been cursed. By grace, only Canaan was cursed.

Why did he bless Shem and Japheth and not their sons as he did unto Ham?

Noah blessed Shem and Japheth directly and blessed their descendants through them.

Ham made a baby with Noah's wife. Canaan. God had already blessed Ham, so Noah cursed Ham's illegitimate offspring.

Yep you're right. If we let the Bible explain the Bible, most of the questions are answered in Leviticus, as in my last post. It's repeated twice to draw our attention to investigate it, "Ham is the father of Canaan". Everyone assumes Mrs. Ham is the mother of Canaan. Uncovering thy father's nakedness is fully explained in Leviticus. Canaan was the bastard son born out of incest and nothing but hatred and war spawned from it. It also mirror's the two offspring from the incest of Lot by his two daughters in Ezekiel, that became a thorn in Israel's side. 

[Marathoner]

4 hours ago, Justin Adams said:

Why did Noah Curse Canaan and not Ham?

If Noah had cursed Ham directly, then all 4 of his sons would have been cursed. By grace, only Canaan was cursed.

Why did he bless Shem and Japheth and not their sons as he did unto Ham?

Noah blessed Shem and Japheth directly and blessed their descendants through them.

Ham made a baby with Noah's wife. Canaan. God had already blessed Ham, so Noah cursed Ham's illegitimate offspring.

Indeed. God blessed Noah and his sons as it is written in Genesis 9:1; this is in keeping with "God had already blessed Ham" as you wrote above. Excellent, brother. 

[leah777]

there is soooooo much for me to learn 

[Heleadethme]

Perhaps seeds of lewdness were born (which would later blossom into full blown perversities in Ham's descendants through Canaan)....instead of averting his eyes and covering up his father, it sounds like Ham chose to stare at him and then essentially invited his brothers to do the same.  Also he demonstrated a lack of mercy...love covers a multitude of sins rather than exposing it.  Sin has consequences that goes further than just affecting ourselves....since Ham showed no mercy to his father, no mercy was shown to his descendants.

I think we also see here a picture of the gospel (covering) and how forgiving and not condemning/judging our parents can stop the cycle of sin from continuing down the family line, whereas judging/condemning them has a way of allowing their sins/shortcomings to keep propagating.