1. כנען kena‘an — “Kena‘an, bowed down.”
2. נפץ nāpats — “break, scatter, spread.” פוּץ p…

Cursed be Canaan. — The prophecy of Noah takes the form of a poem, like Lamech’s boast in Genesis 4:23-24. In it, Ham is passed over in si…

Cursed be Canaan. It is asked, in the first place, why Noah, instead of pronouncing the curse upon his son, inflicts the severity of punis…

And he said
Not in a drunken fit, as some profane persons would suggest, for he was awaked from his wine; nor in the…

Noah declares a curse on Canaan, the son of Ham; perhaps this grandson of his was more guilty than the rest. He shall be a servant of servants, tha…