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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 9:18

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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9:18 Ham is the father of Canaan: See also 9:20-27; 10:6-20. The text emphasizes Canaan’s ancestral connection to Ham to show that the Canaanite identity was inseparably linked to Ham’s shameful behavior (9:20-27). The citizens of both Egypt (from which Israel escaped slavery) and Canaan (to which Israel was headed) were Ham’s descendants (10:6; see Lev 18:3, 24-26; Pss 105:23, 27; 106:22). Later stories in Genesis emphasize the immoral climate of both Egypt (Gen 12:10-20) and Canaan (34:1-31; 38:1-30). See 9:20-27 and 10:6-20.
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