Understanding the Curse of HAM
It's not uncommon to hear that black skin symbolizes the curse of Ham, and it is reflected in the enslavement that the black race endures at the hands of other nations.
Click on the links below to find out why the Curse of Canaan is problematic in so many respects.
What precisely had Ham "done" to make Canaan deserving of such a severe curse?
Which youngest son does this refer to?
Why did a descendant of Ham ruled over Shem and Japhet?
Correlation between Japheth, Canaan, and Cain
Who are the biblical Canaanites?
The True Meaning of the Curse of Canaan
To better understand the significance of the curse of Canaan and the descendants of Ham, we have meticulously and carefully analyzed the validity of these claims, while incorporating two elements: keeping in mind the biblical narrative, and taking into account the historical figures involved. And, in keeping with the Lord's Word, those who aspire to know the truth must consult ancient history.
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Job 8:8 "Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers."
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Isaiah 46:9 "Remember what happened long ago..."
Let him who has wisdom understand
What precisely had Ham "done"
The curse of Canaan, also known as the curse of Ham, is often interpreted as a reference to black skin. However, if Ham was born with black skin long before Noah uttered any curse, this would mean that his skin color could not have been a curse, since he was born that way.
The name "Canaan" means "humiliated". Following Noah's humiliation, he uttered a curse against the posterity of Canaan, and not against the whole posterity of Ham, as some people tend to believe. In fact, contrary to popular belief, there never was a “curse of Ham”, because Ham was not the beneficiary of the curse but rather his younger son, Canaan.
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Genesis 9:21-25 "But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside... When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him. he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers!"
When Noah awoke, he learned what his youngest son had done. The episode culminates when Noah curses Canaan, Ham's youngest son. Perhaps most disconcerting is the fact that Canaan is severely cursed on account of Ham's indiscreet witnessing of Noah's sexuality.
Why impose such a heavy yoke on Canaan, if he was not the author of the humiliation?
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According to Jewish legend, Canaan was the first to uncover Noah's nakedness, and he informed his father Ham, who in turn informed his brothers Shem and Japheth; and when Noah woke up, he cursed Canaan for having been the first cause of the scandal.
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Another version mentions that it was Canaan who sinned against Noah in the manner of the Sodomites. Ham, having witnessed the act, spread the news mockingly.
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According to the Talmud (Sanhedrin 70a), Noah was castrated or raped. The Gemara explains that in castrating his father Noah, Ham deprived him of the possibility of having a fourth son, which Noah desired but could no longer have, and thus Noah cursed Ham through Canaan, his fourth son. And whoever says that Ham sodomized Noah infers that the verbal analogy of the words “and he uncovered his father's nakedness” alludes to sexual intercourse. It is a fact that nudity was a taboo in ancient Israelite society, and uncovering one's parents' nakedness had connotations of sexual intimacy and sometimes even incest or rape. Note that in the Bible, the notion of "uncovering one's father's nakedness" has a very broad meaning and does not exclude the fact that Noah's wife may also have been subjected to the humiliation.
Leviticus 18:8 "The nakedness of your father’s wife you shall not uncover; it is your father’s nakedness."
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In Hebrew, the word “son” is not entirely explicit, as it signifies “builder of the family name,” an expression that can be used to refer to a grandson or even a very distant descendant. Thus, the expression “his youngest son” is not necessarily a direct reference to Noah's youngest son, but could well imply Canaan “the youngest son of Ham.” In other words, Canaan would not have been punished for Ham's fault, but only for his own.
All these elements may be implicit in the story, although the text is unclear on the subject.
Which youngest son does this refer to?
If you read Genesis 9:21-25 very carefully, you will realize that it is a very ambiguous verse that raises a number of questions and problems. Such complexities have led modern biblical critics to speculate on the entanglement of numerous sources and textual corruptions that might have generated such confusion, or to speculate that something might have changed in an earlier version of human history. Indeed, this brief account presents the following challenges in terms of interpretation.
Firstly, in all genealogies, the Bible systematically lists the male children according to their birthright. In the following verses, the birth order of Noah's children is as follows: Shem, Ham, and Japheth
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Genesis 5:32 "After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth"
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Genesis 7:13 "In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark"
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Genesis 9:18 "The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth."
Note that this order is also consistently repeated in several non-canonical Books classified as apocrypha.
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"And in the twenty-fifth jubilee Noah took to himself a wife, and her name was Emzara, the daughter of Rakeel, the daughter of his father's brother, in the first year in the fifth week: and in the third year thereof she bare him Shem, in the fifth year thereof she bare him Ham, and in the first year in the sixth week she bare him Japheth." |The Book of Jubilees, chap. 4:33|
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"And she bare unto him three sons. Shem, Ham, and Japhet." |The Book of Adam and Eve, chap. 3-1:8|
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"As to those three sons of Noah, the first of them is Shem; the next is Ham; and the third is Japhet." |The Book of Adam and Eve, chap. 3-3:5|
And, if we were to apply the genealogy of Noah's sons in accordance with the biblical context, that is, Shem (the firstborn), Ham (the secondborn), and Japheth (the youngest), the expression “his youngest son” would then refer to Japheth.
Interestingly, in Genesis 10:21, all Bibles clearly state that Shem is the elder brother of Japheth. Only the King James Bible seems to suggest that Japheth is the eldest, and most experts and scholars rely on this vague insinuation to teach Japheth's birthright as an established fact.
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"And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born." |JPS Tanakh 1917|
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"And Shem, Japheth’s older brother, also had sons. Shem was the father of all the sons of Eber." |Holman Christian Standard Bible|
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"Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. |King James Bible|
✍In Genesis 9:24, it is written that it was the youngest son who humiliated Noah. If no Scripture has ever clearly designated Ham as the youngest of Noah's sons, why was he given the title of youngest son and not Japheth? Why is it that the traditional sequence of genealogies does not seem to apply to Japheth, and although he is mentioned last, he is not the youngest?
Something is clearly amiss, and it is obvious that changes must have been made to the original text to create such a contradiction.
Why did a descendant of Ham ruled over Shem and Japhet?
Nimrod, son of Cush and grandson of Ham, was the founder of several Mesopotamian cities and the first great ruler of the world.
According to Sefer ha-Yashar or the Book of Jasher, when Nimrod was 18 years old, a war broke out between the Hamites (his relatives) and the Japhetites. The latter were victorious at first, but Nimrod, leading a small army of Cushites, attacked and defeated them, whereupon he became king over all the peoples of the earth and appointed Terah, father of Abraham from Shem's bloodline, as his minister and servant. History and archaeological evidence attest that Ham's lineage was the world's first imperial power, first under Nimrod in Babylonia, then under the Pharaohs in Egypt. Nimrod then went on to rule over the descendants of Shem and Japheth in the royal hierarchy.
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Genesis 10:8 "Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth."
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Psalm 68:32 "Princes shall come out of Egypt"
Yet, it seems somewhat odd that Nimrod, grandson of Ham, became the first king to establish a powerful empire on earth and inhabit the most prosperous region of the world, only 130 years after the flood and at a time when Noah and those to whom he and his descendants had been subjected were still alive. If Ham was the one who humiliated his father, it implies that the curse he was under precluded him and his descendants from attaining kingship, as they were condemned to serve the descendants of Shem and Japheth, not to rule over them.
This would not be called into question if Nimrod had descended from Japheth's bloodline, for a certain degree of greatness was bestowed upon his lineage.
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Genesis 9:27 "God will enlarge Yapheth" - Aramaic Bible in Plain English
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Genesis 9:27 "May God expand the territory of Japheth" - Berean Standard Bible
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Genesis 9:27 "God increase Iaphet" - Coverdale Bible of 1535
✍If the curse of Canaan was meant to subject Ham's descendants to servitude, why was Nimrod, Ham's grandson, also known as Baal/Osiris, the first king of the earth? And why, throughout history, has the global elite remained under the authority of the cult of Baal/Osiris (Nimrod), to the point of erecting memorials in his honor throughout the world?
Correlation between Cain, Japheth and Canaan
A thorough study of biblical characters reveals that Cain, Japheth and Canaan share the following common traits.
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The whiteness of skin, which predominates in their lineages.
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They inhabit the coast lands.
Descendants of Japheth
Genesis 10:2-5 "The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras...From these the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations." |The King James Bible|
Note that in most recent Bible versions, the word “gentiles” has been replaced by “nations.”
Descendants of Canaan
Zephaniah 2:5 "Woe to you who inhabit the coast of the sea, you people of perdition. The word of the Lord is over you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines. |Catholic Bible public Domain|
Note that in recent Bible versions, the term "people of perdition" has been replaced with "nation of the Cherethites" or "nation from Crete"
Cain
1 - Murderer, Liar, and Prideful
Cain killed his brother Abel, but when questioned about Abel, Cain's haughty response made him guilty of two transgressions: haughtiness and lying.
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Genesis 4:9 “Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
If Adam and Eve were black, why would Cain's skin color be different?
Firstly, it's a fact that black skin is the origin of all other skin tones. It is therefore logical to assert that Adam and Eve would have lived on Earth as individuals with black, dark or brown skin, and that their sons Abel and Cain were as well.
Some ancient texts considered apocryphal describe the skin tone of Cain. It's important to understand that whenever the Scriptures insist on describing an individual's skin color, it implies that the skin complexion of that person was markedly different from the rest of his family or the people around him.
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"Eve arose as the angel had instructed her: she gave birth to an child and his color was like that of the stars. He fell into the hands of the midwife and at once he began to pluck up the grass, for in his mother's hut grass was planted. The midwife replied to him and told him: "ELOHIM is just that he did not at all leave you in my hands. For, you are Cain, the perverse one, killer of the good, for you are the one who plucks up the fruit-bearing tree, and not him who plants it. You are the bearer of bitterness and not of sweetness." |La Vita Adae and Evae, 21.3a - 21.3b|
Given that black skin is the foundation of all other skin variation, several experts have hypothesized that the curse placed on Cain as a sign could have been a total loss of melanin in his skin. The hypothesis of the loss of melanin is substantiated by certain biblical characters, notably Naaman, Gehazi, and Miriam (Aaron's sister), whose skin was stripped of its melanin as a sign of a curse. The Bible calls this metamorphosis "leprosy"
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Numbers 12:10 "And when the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, suddenly Miriam became leprous, as white as snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and there she was, a leper"
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2 Kings 5:27 "Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow."
According to the biblical account and apocryphal texts, following the curse that befell him, Cain was subjected to a metamorphosis in his physical appearance. Now, if you carefully read Cain's curse, you will come to understand that the mark bestowed considerable value on the lives of Cain and his posterity, so that anyone who would dare to attack or kill them would face grave consequences, sevenfold vengeance on earth. Therefore, the mark placed on Cain could not have been black skin, which, by contrast, exposes one to mistreatment and an early death.
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Genesis 4:15 "replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him."
However, according to other texts, the mark placed on Cain was terror and trembling, and he remained a wanderer on the earth. Note that the vision of wandering symbolizes spiritual wandering. In other words, Cain will not cleave to spiritual values, but only to earthly and material things, fully aware of the repercussions of his actions and yet fearful and trembling over his fate.
Japhet: Heroes of Antiquity
The Bible teaches that some women from Cain’s line had intimate relations with angels and gave birth to giants. We also know that some women from Cain's line married into Seth's lineage.
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Genesis 6:4 "The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.."
The Book of Enoch, a very ancient forbidden book considered apocryphal, implies that Noah may have been an albino because he was born with white skin. The text also mentions that Noah resembled the children of fallen angels. In other words, the children of fallen angels were born with white skin.
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"And after those days my son Methuselah chose a wife for his son Lamech and she became pregnant by him and bore a son. And his body was white like snow, and red like the flower of a rose, and the hair of his head was white like wool. And his eyes were beautiful and when he opened his eyes he made the whole house bright, like the Sun, so that the whole house was exceptionally bright. And when he was taken from the hand of the midwife he opened his mouth and spoke to the Lord of Righteousness. And his father Lamech was afraid of him, and fled, and went to his father Methuselah. And he said to him: "I have begotten a strange son; he is not like a man but is like the children of the Angels of Heaven, of a different type and not like us. And his eyes are like the rays of the Sun and his face glorious. And it seems to me that he is not sprung from me but from the Angels and I am afraid that something extraordinary may be done on the earth in his days." |Enoch 106: 1-6|
Some texts, such as the Ethiopian Book of the Mysteries of Heaven and Earth, mention that angels are primarily male entities with male genitalia.
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And for a proof that the angels have a penis, listen to what the prophet Ezekiel says: “With two of their wings, they cover their faces; with other two, they cover their feet; with two others they hide their hands; and with two others, they hide their penis.” Know then that the angels have a penis and that there aren’t of them males and females. They do not give birth and are not given birth to. |From the Book of Mysteries of Heaven and the Earth|
However, the nature of the fallen angels was altered when they lost their garments of holiness. Appearing to these women at the moment they were having intimate relations with their husbands, these fallen angels were exposing their genitals to these women, which troubled them and inflamed their desire for the fallen angels.
Yet, some ancient texts maintain that angels could not have sexual relations with humans or procreate, as they do not possess sexual attributes. Therefore, white skin is not indicative of a lineage of angels, and in reality, some men from Seth's lineage had sexual relations with some women of Cain's lineage, thereby violating the ordinance prohibiting any association with Cain's descendants, and thus giving birth to a very nefarious and violent race that caused much chaos on earth.
This new race of men were giants just like other humans of the era, but were called Nephilim due to their fallen nature. The Bible states that these Nephilim were the heroes of Antiquity. Note that antiquity refers to the period from the 5th century BC to the 4th century AD in the Mediterranean region, and that heroes refer to the renowned individuals of that era among the Greek and Roman civilizations, descended from Japheth.
Canaan
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Isaiah 23:11 "The LORD has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed."
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Psalm 106:38 "And they shed innocent blood: the blood of their sons and of their daughters, which they sacrificed to the graven images of Canaan."
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Zephaniah 2:5 "Woe to you who inhabit the coast of the sea, you people of perdition. The word of the Lord is over you, Canaan, the land of the Philistines"
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Hosea 12:7 Canaan! in his hand are balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved" - Note that in this verse, the name Canaan has been replaced by Ephraim in more recent versions of the Bible.
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Zechariah 14:21 "Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Hosts." - Note that in this verse, the name Canaan has been replaced by merchant in more recent versions of the Bible.
According to the Bible, Canaan begat two sons: Sidon and Heth (Genesis 10:15)
His first son Sidon: built the city of Sidon which was located in the region known as Phoenicia. Ancient Phoenicia was a region located along the eastern Mediterranean, corresponding to present-day Lebanon, with parts adjacent to modern Syria and Israel. Most of the ships that sailed the seas and spread Phoenician culture set sail from the port of Sidon. It was also considered the “seat” of Phoenician civilization and the Jerusalem of the cult of Baal, where the Phoenician religious duo, Baal Sidon and Ashteroth, were worshipped. It was Sidon that gave gods to the Phoenicians, and through them to Greece, Italy, and Carthage.
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Ezekiel 28:21-22 "“Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, prophesy against her and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, And I will be glorified in your midst."
His second son Heth: begot Hor (Hur), who was the progenitor of Seir the Horite, making Seir the great-great-grandson of Canaan.
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Seir* the son of Hur, the son of Heveus, the son of Canaan, found a valley near mount Pharan, and he settled there with his seven sons and all his family. He gave his name to the city he built there. It is the country called Seir * until the present day. |Jasher 10:28|
Meaning of the word Horite
**Horite is derived from the Hebrew word "Hori" or "Chori" which means "white". As stated by the ISBE (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia), it could possibly mean "white nation".
**Another tradition holds that the name Horite comes from חוֹר or chor, meaning “hole” or “cave”, presumably because the Horites were considered “Troglodytes or cavemen”. Note that the only time troglodytes are mentioned in the Bible is in Job 30:6, and they are described in the most pejorative sense of the term, namely troglodytes of the worst kind.
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Job 30:4-8 "Whose houses were the caves of the rocks, who lived under the wild shrubs. They will cry out among the rustling bushes. They are sons of fools and vile men, whose name and glory are quenched from off the earth. But now I am their music, and they have me for a by-word. And they stood aloof and abhorred me, and spared not to spit in my face."
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Obadiah 1:3-8 "The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights ... But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out! ... In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
If Seir the Horite and his descendants were a white nation, this means that Canaan would have been the progenitor of a white nation.
✍Where did Canaan's Caucasian lineage come from, given that he is supposed to be descended from Ham, who is historically identified as the ancestor of the Black race? Could it be that just as Cain, Canaan also received the curse of leprosy?
The Bible alludes to the fact that Esau was born with pale skin and according to Genesis 36, during his father's lifetime, Esau went to Mount Seir, land of the Horites. There, Esau subjugated the Horites, took possession of Mount Seir, and renamed it “the land of Edom” or “Idumea", namely the land of red people. Esau then married and cohabited with the “Horites/Hurrians,” and their descendants became the Edomites.
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Ezekiel 35:3 "and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste."
The Canaanite Giants
It is written in Genesis 15:19-21, that the giants who populated the Promised Land were not only comprised of Canaanites, but also of Kenites, Kenizites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaim, Amorites, Girgashites and Jebusites.
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Genèse 15:19-21 "En ce jour-là, l’Éternel fit alliance avec Abram, et dit: Je donne ce pays à ta postérité, depuis le fleuve d’Égypte jusqu’au grand fleuve, au fleuve d’Euphrate, le pays des Kéniens, des Keniziens, des Kadmoniens, des Héthiens, des Phéréziens, des Rephaïm, des Amoréens, des Cananéens, des Guirgasiens et des Jébusiens.
These nations settled mainly in the Middle East and established themselves in the following regions: Lebanon, Palestine, Jerusalem, Syria, and Georgia. When reviewing biblical references to these giants, it is very difficult to draw a clear conclusion about their identity. However, much can be understood about the spiritual significance of their names.
Kenite is derived from the name Cain. Thus, the Kenites or Cainites were descendants of Cain, from the lineage of Japhet. They seem to have been well respected in the Scriptures. Skilled artists, they lived near Mount Sinai and developed fruitful trade relations with other tribes living in the region. But they had conflicting relations with the Canaanites. See the story of Ehud's assassination of Eglon and Jael's murder of Sisera. (Judges 3 and 4)
Kenizite is derived from the name Cain. Thus, the Kenites or Cainites were descendants of Cain, from the lineage of Japhet. They seem to have been well respected in the Scriptures. Skilled artists, they lived near Mount Sinai and developed fruitful trade relations with other tribes living in the region. But they had conflicting relations with the Canaanites. See the story of Ehud's assassination of Eglon and Jael's murder of Sisera. (Judges 3 and 4)
Kadmonites is derived from the Hebrew adverb “qedem” and can mean antiquity as well as the Levant (the place where the sun rises). The denominative verb “qadam” means to precede or to be ahead, to anticipate, to be in the forefront. The noun “qadim”, meaning east or oriental, is often used to indicate a destructive wind blowing eastwards. |Abarim Publications|
Hittite is derived from the name Cain. Thus, the Kenites or Cainites were descendants of Cain, from the lineage of Japhet. They seem to have been well respected in the Scriptures. Skilled artists, they lived near Mount Sinai and developed fruitful trade relations with other tribes living in the region. But they had conflicting relations with the Canaanites. See the story of Ehud's assassination of Eglon and Jael's murder of Sisera. (Judges 3 and 4)
Rephaim is derived from the Hebrew verb "rapa", meaning to bring down, to sink, to cause to fall, The name “repai'm” refers to the “sunken”, i.e. the spectres or ghosts of people who are no longer alive. They are described in the Bible as "giants" and "mighty men". In Ugaritic texts and Phoenician funerary inscriptions, they are depicted as healers or physicians; kings, rulers, judges, heroes and generals; gods or demi-gods; giants or titans. |Abarim Publications|
Amorite is derived from the Hebrew verb "amar" meaning "to declare, to pronounce"; and could be literally translated as "one who speaks". People with the Amorite spirit have a need to be noticed, and revered by others, they also like to "give orders" and have people "obey" them. In other words, Amorites like to be "kings". |Abarim Publications|
Jebusite is derived from the Hebrew verb "bus", which means to trample. People with the Jebusite spirit don't hesitate to belittle and humiliate others, whenever they see these "little people" trying to assert their authority. Jebusites believe that some people are inherently inferior, and have no right to show any authority. |Abarim Publications|
Psalm 151
The Bible mentions that there were giants right up to the time of David. Psalm 151 is a psalm attributed to King David after he slayed the giant Goliath and refers to the giants, it is found in most copies of the Septuagint, the Vetus Latina, the Vulgate, the Peshitta and various bibles of the Churches of the Three Councils, but it has been excluded from the Massoretic texts of the Hebrew Bible and the Catholic biblical canon. The subtle inference is that these giants have Japhetic origins.. It should be noted that beauty and great height has always been associated with Japhet. According to Strongs, the primitive root of the name Japhet in Hebrew means to open up, enlarge or beauty, but also to delude, flatter, deceive or persuade.
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"My brothers were fair and tall, But the Lord was not pleased with them. I went out to meet the Philistine, and he cursed me by his idols. But I drew his own sword; I beheaded him, and took away disgrace from the people of Israel."
✍ The implication is that these giant nations that populated the Promised Land were Caucasian in appearance.
Interesting facts about the Canaanites
A few interesting facts about the Canaanites
► A team of researchers from the Hebrew University led by Professor Liran Carmel (an expert in computational biology from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences) and Professor Binyamin Yakir (a statistician from the Department of Statistics and Data Science), with the help of a research grant from the National Science Foundation, sought to decipher the genetics of the Canaanites. Through DNA analysis, it was discovered that the Canaanites were a mixture of populations that had migrated to the southern Levant, mainly from the Caucasus region, with ancient local populations that had stayed behind, a process that lasted at least 1,000 years.
► It has been shown that the Canaanites had become polytheists enslaved to idolatry, and whose principal gods were the Ba'als, Astarte, Molech, Dagon, etc., to whom they erected sacrificial altars practicing Canaanite magic, snake worship and child sacrifice. The Canaanite fertility ritual was characterized by the presence of male and female prostitutes in temples and sanctuaries. Due to their moral depravity or slavery to idolatry, ELOHIM subjected them to destruction through the numerous wars they waged against the sons of Jacob.
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Numbers 21:3 "And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah."
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Deuteronomy 9:5 "It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."
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Exodus 23:28 "I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.."
► Jezebel was a Canaanite princess, daughter of the priest-king Ethbaal, ruler of the Phoenician (present-day Lebanon) coastal cities of Tyre and Sidon (Ṣaydā or Arabia). Raised in Sidon, she married Ahab of Israel for diplomatic reasons. She introduced the Canaanite pagan religion to the Israelites, bringing in foreign gods and goddesses. She is associated with prostitution, witchcraft, mass killings, persecution of God's prophets, cruelty, lavish ceremonies and opulence, expensive jewelry, and makeup.
✍If the biblical Canaanites and the territory of Canaan refer to populations from the Caucasus and the Middle East, why is the curse of Canaan associated with Africans and Black people as a whole?
The more you delve into your understanding of the curse of Canaan, the more a sinister agenda aimed at justifying the atrocities and mistreatment inflicted on the Black race as a whole will begin to emerge.
The True Meaning of "The Curse of Canaan"
Noah declared that Canaan would be "a servant of servants"; in other versions of the Bible this is translated: "The lowest of slaves".
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The word "slave" used for Canaan is the Hebrew term "Ehbed" which expresses a servant or slave who has been freed by his owner, but chooses to stay and continue to serve out of love and devotion."
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"Servant of servants" is translated as "Ehbed of ehbed" which means "one who is spiritually enslaved to an idol".
This implies that the consequences of Canaan's transgression will be such that he'll remain in a state of spiritual slavery which will compel him to serve other "deities" not by love or choice, but rather by imposition and obligation, making him lower than the "deities" he serves.
In Genesis 9:26, it is written "And he said: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be their servant." It's important to discern that the adjective “their” does not necessarily refer to Shem and Japheth, but it may well implicate those deities who do not serve ELOHIM, namely the devil and demons, thus expressing the fact that Canaan will be the servant of these evil entities..
According to the historical account, the ancient Greek world was made up of city-states that encompassed the whole of present-day Greece and southern Italy, as well as the entire Mediterranean and Black Sea coastline, including the coastal regions of Spain, France, Egypt, Libya, Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine, etc. In its prime, the Ancient Persian Empire was the most powerful in the world. At its height, the ancient Persian Empire comprised the regions of Iran, Egypt, Turkey and parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Yet, the Bible declares that the Goat presides over Greece, and historically the Goat has always symbolized the devil. The Bible also declares that malevolent, diabolical entities rule the Western powers, namely Persia and Greece.
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Daniel 8:21 "The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
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Daniel 10:20 "Do you know why I have come to you?” he said. “I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I have gone forth, behold, the prince of Greece will come."
Interestingly, some occulted texts seem to reveal that dominion has been bestowed upon the nations of the Western world so that they would be submissive to and serve the devil, and this is on account of their proclivity to disobey divine laws and submit to demonic precepts that defy God's principles.
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And יהוה said unto Adam: "O Adam, what seekest thou on the western border? And why hast thou left of thine own accord the eastern border, in which was thy dwelling-place? "Now, then, turn back to thy cave, and remain in it, that Satan do not deceive thee, nor work his purpose upon thee. "For in this western border, O Adam, there will go from thee a seed, that shall replenish it; and that will defile themselves with their sins, and with their yielding to the behests of Satan, and by following his works." |The conflict of Adam and Eve, Chapter 1-53|
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And He said: “This is the human world, this is Adam, and this is their desire upon the earth, this is Eve; but he who is between them representeth ungodliness, their beginning (on the way) to perdition, even Azazel.” ... And He said to me: “They who will (to do) evil—and how much I hated (it) in those who do it!—over them I gave him power, and to be beloved of them.” |The Apocalypse of Abraham, Chap 23:6-8|
Far from being a blessing, domination is actually a curse, because it produces a prideful heart and a sense of superiority over all things, including God. In biblical terms, this means that God subjects “the one who dominates” to the calamities that result from his own folly and evil inclinations, and allows his own rebellion to naturally follow the path that leads to the destruction of the soul.
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Psalms 81:12 “So I gave them over to their own stubborn heart, To walk in their own counsels.”
Pride is so detested by the Lord that Paul was prevented from committing it by receiving “a thorn in the flesh” so that he would remain humble.
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2 Corinthians 12:7-10 "So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I begged the Lord for this, that it might depart from me.
Consequently, the curse of Canaan does not concern the enslavement of the black race, but rather the spiritual servitude imposed upon Canaan's descendants, to serve other gods under pressure and coercion. In other words, Canaan and his descendants will not be inclined to serve the true Elohim.
✍Could the “Curse of Canaan” be related to a completely different reality from what the world has been conditioned to believe?
You be the judge, and we encourage you to do your own research.
HAM: Father of Canaan
There are two parallel realities: The lie that has long been taught to the world and the truth buried in the Scriptures. The information below is presented in light of the Scriptures.
Ham is the ancestor of Cush, Mitzraim, Put, and Canaan. Nimrod, son of Cush and grandson of Ham, was the founder of several Mesopotamian cities. The Scriptures insisted on the fact that Nimrod was a giant.
Firstly, it is important to remember that in the Middle Ages, the association between Ham, Africa, and Africans was not systematic. Even modern sources often associated Ham with races of giants and pagan gods such as Pan, rather than with Africa. The descendants of Ham were cited to illustrate discrimination between social classes in Europe, where Ham was identified as the ancestor of European peasants. It was only after European travelers reached the African continent and observed the physical characteristics and lifestyles of the various black populations of Central Africa that they began to label Ham as the ancestor of Africans.
This characterization was popularized by the 6th-century Babylonian Talmud, which interpreted the biblical account to mean that the descendants of Canaan had been accursed with blackness and degeneracy. The idea that the descendants of Canaan were black and had “Negroid” phenotypic characteristics persisted in several medieval rabbinic writings. The reasons given were that, just as Canaan's lips had mocked Noah, the lips of his descendants would become "swollen"; and just as Canaan had exposed Noah's nakedness, the children of Canaan would walk around naked, with their sexual organs “shamefully enlarged.”
According to the Bible, Ham's territories included parts of North Africa, Arabia, Syria-Palestine, and Mesopotamia. Now, when we conducted a thorough examination of the territories of Ham from the perspective of the Book of Jubilees, an apocryphal book that was held in high esteem by the Church Fathers, another reality emerged.
Division of the territories of HAM according to the Book of Jubilees
Chap 8:22-24
22. Ham received the second portion, beyond the Gihon towards the south to the right of the Garden, and it extends towards the south and it extends to all the mountains of fire, and it extends towards the west to the sea of ‘atel and it extends towards the west until it reaches the sea of Ma’uk which was that sea into which everything that is not destroyed descends.
23. It goes out towards the north to the limits of Gadir, and it goes out to the coast of the waters of the sea to the waters of the great sea until it draws near to the river Gihon, and goes along the river Gihon until it reaches the right of the Garden of Eden.
24. This is the land that came out for Ham as the portion which he was to occupy forever for himself and his sons to their generations forever.
First, it seems that Shem and Ham both inherited the southern part of the Earth: Shem's portion extends South-East, while Ham's portion extends South-West. Note that the only continents located on the southern part of the Earth are South America to the West, and Africa to the East.
Gadir
Cham's portion also extended northward to the borders of Gadir. The location of Gadir is uncertain, but according to historians, it was an island in the western Mediterranean.
Mountains of Fire
The portion of Cham extends south to all the mountains of fire in the west.
If you study maps dating back to before the 15th century,you will notice vast mountain ranges at the southern tip of South America. These mountains of fire are also known as “Tierra del Fuego", which means “Land of Fire”. Originally, the first Europeans explorers, Ferdinand Magellan's crew, named it “Land of Smoke” after the columns of smoke they saw rising above the forests in the South. When Magellan returned to Spain from his expedition in 1520, the King of Spain, Charles V, is said to have declared: “Where there is smoke, the land is on fire.” Following this declaration, cartographers began to name these unexplored lands south of the Strait of Magellan “Tierra de los Fuegos,” which was later simplified to “Tierra del Fuego.”
However, these vast mountains of fire were subsequently excluded from contemporary maps and their existence is now obliterated - See the video below.
Gigantism
Note that the Scriptures emphasize how gigantism was a significant trait and they ascribe this fact to the descendants of Ham, where Nimrod is described as a giant and many nations descended from Ham are also described as such: the Philistines, the Rephaim, the Anakim, the Canaanites, etc..
Ferdinand Magellan, became fascinated with the archipelago of present-day Indonesia, known as the “Spice Islands” due to its production of highly coveted spices. On September 20, 1519, he left the Iberian Peninsula with five ships, heading for the Canary Islands, where they resupplied before crossing the Atlantic and circumnavigating the southern tip of South America. After a much needed rest, they resumed their journey, sailing along the coast until they thought to have discovered a route to the South Sea (which they would later name the Pacific). They sailed into it, but gave up after two weeks. In fact, this was the estuary of the Río de la Plata. They then sailed back out to sea and down the coast to San Julián Bay, where they encountered a tribe of very tall people whom they called Patagones, a term of uncertain etymology that would later give its name to the entire region, Patagonia.
Antonio de Lombardía, Magellan's personal cartographer and translator, later published an account of the voyage entitled “Account of the First Voyage Around the World” upon his return in 1522. He wrote:
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"One day, when we least expected it, a man of gigantic stature approached us. He was on the beach, almost naked, singing and dancing while throwing sand on his head. The commander sent one of the sailors ashore with orders to make the same gestures to show friendship and peace. This was so well understood that the giant allowed himself to be calmly led to a small island where the commander had landed. I was also there with a few others. Upon seeing us, he expressed much admiration and, raising a finger upward, he likely wanted to indicate that he thought we had descended from the sky.... This man was so tall that we could barely reach his waist with our heads. He was well-formed, with a broad face dyed red, eyes circled in yellow, and two heart-shaped spots on his cheeks. His sparse hair appeared bleached with some powder. His outfit, or rather his cloak, was made from sewn-together animal skins, a common animal in the region, as we later found out."
Ten years later, Anthony Kivet, one of the sailors in the crew of the privateer Thomas Cavendish, who had been left behind in Patagonia due to illness, claimed to have seen bodies of patagones almost four meters tall. By the end of the century, these descriptions were echoed by the account of English pilot William Adams, known for reaching Japan and becoming an advisor to the shogun. Adams recounts that his crew had an altercation with the natives of Tierra del Fuego and confirmed that they were extraordinarily tall.
One hundred years later, in The World Encompassed (London, 1628), the first detailed account of Sir Francis Drake’s circumnavigation, the author, Drake’s nephew of the same name, wrote:
Magellane was not altogether deceived, in naming them Giants; for they generally differ from the common sort of men, both in stature, bignes, and strength of body, as also in the hideousnesse of their voice: but yet they are nothing so monstrous, or giantlike as they were reported; there being some English men, as tall, as the highest of any that we could see, but peradventure, the Spaniards did not thinke, that ever any English man would come thither, to reprove them; and thereupon might presume the more boldly to lie: the name Pentagones, Five cubits viz. 7. Foote and halfe, describing the full height (if not some what more) of the highest of them. But this is certaine, that the Spanish cruelties there used [referring to Magellan’s hostage taking], have made them more monstrous, in minde and manners, then they are in body; and more inhospitable, to deale with any strangers, that shall come thereafter.
Magellan reduced the height of the Patagonians from ten feet to seven and a half feet but was obviously more intent on discrediting the Spanish and blaming them for the “monstrosity” of the giants. Ironically, though, he was really confirming the basic facts behind the myth. This is further evidence that many facts were already being concealed since the early centuries.
Canaan, fourth son of Ham is the beneficiary of the “curse of Ham”. Note that in chapter 9:1 of the Book of Jubilees, the text mentions that Canaan's original inheritance was located at the western end of all his brothers' portions. His portion would then correspond to part of North America, making Canaan one of the true patriarchs of that part of the world.
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Ham divided among his sons, and the first portion came out for Cush towards the east, and to the west of him for Mizraim, and to the west of him for Put, and to the west of him on the sea for Canaan.
But Canaan was not content to settle in the land of his inheritance; he also seized part of Shem's territory. According to the Bible, the territories of Canaan included parts of Mesopotamia, in the ancient region south of the Levant that corresponds to present-day Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.
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Genesis 10:19 "And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha."
On a spiritual level, this explains the intrinsic bond between the United States and Israel, a bond that cannot be broken because their territories belong to the same patriarch: Canaan.