Canaan

Not The First Black After All

black | blessing | Canaan | curse | Ham | Noah | Punishment

Many report Ham as being the first black, but read Genesis 9:25-27 carefully and you will see two major holes in this claim. First, it is Canaan, not Ham, that Noah curses. Second, he is cursed to be his brothers’ servant. Nowhere is skin color mentioned as a part of this punishment. The identity of the first black remains a mystery.

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Friend Of The Grape

Alcoholic | Canaan | curse | drunk | friend | grape | Ham | Noah | Punishment

French call drunkards “A friend of the grape�. Charming isn’t it? Sounds so much more pleasant than drunk or alcoholic. And who was the first “friend of the grape�? Noah. Noah saved the human race, planted the first vineyard and became the first recorded instance of a human getting drunk. Which, of course, led to Ham discovering his father’s nakedness in the tent and bringing a huge curse upon his son. All because he just happened to stumble upon this “friend of the grape� lying in repose in his tent.

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