Why Noah Cursed Canaan
He was a child of incest
This Biblical story needs attention. As you might have noticed, it is easy to read a Bible story and not understand it. See how this story starts:
Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan. Genesis 9:18, NKJV.
Do you see the first clue? Why is that statement there? “And Ham was the father of Canaan.” Why?
These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated. Genesis 9:19, NKJV.
My observation with Genesis is sometimes it begins from the general information and then it breaks it down as how that general information happened.
The next verses tell us how Noah became a farmer and then got drunk. All along, you might think Noah was drunk but he was not. It is biblical language concealing a matter.
And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard. Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent. Genesis 9:20–21, NKJV.
Noah was obsessed with farming. He spent a lot of time doing it and less time at home with his wife. And so we read again:
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. Genesis…
