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Genesis 9:22-23
åÇéÌÇøÀà and he saw #7200 øÈàÈä ra'ah {raw-aw'}; Verb - Qal; to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
çÈí Ham #2526 çÈí Cham {khawm}; Noun; Ham = "hot"
àÂáÄé the father; #0001 àÈá 'ab {avb}; Noun - Masculine; father of an individual, of God as father of his people, head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan, ancestor. However, here the noun is used in the 1 person common singular and it could be masc. or fem. So if this was directed at ðÉçÇ Noach why use àÂáÄé (avi) instead of father the masculine àÈá (av)? I suggest that this is the case because ëÀðÇòÇï Kena`an {ken-ah'-an} is in reference to a nation, people or country and wasn’t meant as a blemish on Ham pertaining to His 4th son. So, what we possibly see here is a prophetic passage concerning the line of Ham. If it were meant for ëÀðÇòÇï Kena`an, He would have been the one to look upon this metaphoric drunken state of his grandfather. But the passage tells us that his father çÈí Cham looked and is suggested that he despised his father’s nudity. Then, when ðÉçÇ Noach awoke he knew what the youngest son had done. How could ðÉçÇ Noach have known when he was in an unconscious drunken condition? Only by divine inspiration could he have known of the act and then give his prophetic message of ëÀðÇòÇï Kena`an’s enslavement by his older brothers. This proposed rendition of the deeds that ensued is unlikely not found in what most commentaries will suggest. Most will conclude that ëÀðÇòÇï Kena`an is the one who viewed ðÉçÇ Noach’s condition but when we look at the account, it distinctively conveys otherwise. çÈí Cham, the youngest son has the bad character in this story not ëÀðÇòÇï Kena`an. However, this isn’t ëÀðÇòÇï Kena`an the villain man but ëÀðÇòÇï Kena`an the nation, land or peoples of his ancestry.
ëÀðÇòÇï #3667 ëÌÀðÇòÇï Kena`an {ken-ah'-an}; Canaan = "lowland"
- Revgrad (9/14/2017 8:31:25 AM)
åÇéÌÇøÀà and he saw #7200 øÈàÈä ra'ah {raw-aw'}; Verb - Qal; to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
çÈí Ham #2526 çÈí Cham {khawm}; Noun; Ham = "hot"
àÂáÄé the father; #0001 àÈá 'ab {avb}; Noun - Masculine; father of an individual, of God as father of his people, head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan, ancestor. However, here the noun is used in the 1 person common singular and it could be masc. or fem. So if this was directed at ðÉçÇ Noach why use àÂáÄé (avi) instead of father the masculine àÈá (av)? I suggest that this is the case because ëÀðÇòÇï Kena`an {ken-ah'-an} is in reference to a nation, people or country and wasn’t meant as a blemish on Ham pertaining to His 4th son. So, what we possibly see here is a prophetic passage concerning the line of Ham. If it were meant for ëÀðÇòÇï Kena`an, He would have been the one to look upon this metaphoric drunken state of his grandfather. But the passage tells us that his father çÈí Cham looked and is suggested that he despised his father’s nudity. Then, when ðÉçÇ Noach awoke he knew what the youngest son had done. How could ðÉçÇ Noach have known when he was in an unconscious drunken condition? Only by divine inspiration could he have known of the act and then give his prophetic message of ëÀðÇòÇï Kena`an’s enslavement by his older brothers. This proposed rendition of the deeds that ensued is unlikely not found in what most commentaries will suggest. Most will conclude that ëÀðÇòÇï Kena`an is the one who viewed ðÉçÇ Noach’s condition but when we look at the account, it distinctively conveys otherwise. çÈí Cham, the youngest son has the bad character in this story not ëÀðÇòÇï Kena`an. However, this isn’t ëÀðÇòÇï Kena`an the villain man but ëÀðÇòÇï Kena`an the nation, land or peoples of his ancestry.
ëÀðÇòÇï #3667 ëÌÀðÇòÇï Kena`an {ken-ah'-an}; Canaan = "lowland"
- Revgrad (9/14/2017 8:31:25 AM)
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