the Curse of Canaan: What Bible Actually Says and People Chose to Ignore

Genesis 9:25 says cursed be Canaan.Not Ham. Not the sons of Ham. Not Africa. Not any racial group. Canaan - one specific person, the son of Ham, whose specific descendants were the Canaanite peoples of the Promised Land.Yet for centuries this verse was cited as the "Curse of Ham" and used to construct a theological justification for the enslavement of African peoples. Every step of that argument required changing what the text actually says.This book reads the text. Seven chapters trace exactly what Genesis 9 says, what Ham did and why the curse fell on Canaan, who the Canaanites actually were and how the prophecy was fulfilled in the conquest of Joshua, how a deliberate misreading became the "Curse of Ham," and how Cush, Mizraim, and Put - Ham's other sons - were never cursed at all and built some of history's great civilizations."And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth." - Acts 17:26Written by Mr. Rodriguez, founder of Holy Spirit Ministry in the Bronx, New York. The text says Canaan. That is not a difficult reading. It is four words. The truth always wins.