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yth #33:
Ham was the father of Canaan.
The Myth: And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and
Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. (Gen. 9:18)
The Reality: Canaan was originally the god Re in the Hermopolitan Creation
myth and he was the son of all four males on the ark.
According to the Hermopolitan Creation myth, the four males and four females
collectively gave birth to the god Re, the Hermopolitan Creator deity and a solar deity.
In the story of Noah, we also seem to have a sole child born during the flood period.
He was named Canaan and the biblical writer is adamant about identifying his parentage.
First the text says,“And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem,
and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.” The passage implies that
Canaan came off the ark also but doesn’t quite say so. Only three verses later, the
author reminds us again of Canaan’s parentage,“And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw
the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without” (Gen. 9:22).
These are the first two mentions of Canaan in the Bible and on both occasions the
verse implies the birth of Canaan has taken place but doesn’t explicitly say at what
point in the story it has occurred. Yet, it twice says that Ham is the father. Immediately
afterwards follows an enigmatic passage:
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and
went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward,
and they saw not their father’s nakedness. And Noah awoke from his wine,
and knew what his younger son had done unto him. And he said, Cursed be
Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. And he said, Blessed be
the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge
Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
(Gen. 9:23–27)