Man living at the time of the Patriarchs
Canaan
Ham’s son, named in the story of Noah’s vineyard: “Ham is the father of Canaan” (Genesis 9:18). Noah’s curse in Genesis 9:25 falls on Canaan: “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.” The curse is on Canaan and his line, who lived in the land God later gave to Israel (Genesis 10:15–19), and not on all of Ham’s descendants. This passage has been wrongly used to justify slavery and racial hatred; Scripture says nothing of the kind. Canaan’s sons were Sidon, Heth, and the peoples Israel later met in the land: the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, Hivites, and others (Genesis 10:15–18).
Family
- Father
- Ham
- Children
- Sidon, Heth