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CANAAN

(Heb. kĕnaʿan)

(PERSON)

A son of Ham and grandson of Noah (Gen. 9:18, 22); according to 1 Chr. 1:8 Ham’s youngest son. He became the ancestor of the people later called the Canaanites (Gen. 10:15-19).

For the impropriety of Ham’s seeing the “nakedness” of Noah (Gen. 9:22-24), Noah cursed Canaan to be the “lowest of slaves” (Gen. 9:25) to his brothers. This curse, which applies more to his descendants than to Canaan himself, does not imply the slavery of a particular race (as some have held); rather, it suggests the inferior position of the Canaanites before the Conquest relative to the important role played by their neighbors, the Egyptians and the inhabitants of Mesopotamia.

See Ham (Person).






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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