Ham, Noah, and The Canaanites,

Very interesting making connections in the Old Testament that you don't see others mention - probably because they are too busy looking for hidden messages and getting their ears tickled by false prophets they have no time to actually read let alone study the bible for their selves.

Reading the generations after the flood, you can see some very strong connections with what happened and how it seems their are blood lines that are predisposed to certain characteristics (I am NOT speaking of serpent seed or anything heretical like that) due to prophecies spoken against individuals and their offspring.

After the flood, there was an incident that many theologians have debated the exact meaning of:

Genesis 9
20  And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
21  And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22  And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
23  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.
24  And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

The 1899   Douay-Rheims bible gives an indication what the correct meaning, which is widely debated and commented on, may be:

Genesis 9
20  And Noe a husbandman began to till the ground, and planted a vineyard.
21  And drinking of the wine was made drunk, and was uncovered in his tent.
22  Which when Cham the father of Chanaan had seen, to wit, that his father's nakedness was uncovered, he told it to his two brethren without.
23  But Sem and Japheth put a cloak upon their shoulders, and going backward, covered the nakedness of their father: and their faces were turned away, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
24  And Noe awaking from the wine, when he had learned what his younger son had done to him

Clearly Noah knew what Ham HAD DONE to him - something happened - what it exactly was is debated.   Some commentaries say that Ham sodomized Noah, Leviticus 20:11 seems to indicate it could have been Ham had sexual relations with his mother although that is not stated and his mother was not mentioned.  It is reasonable to believe that Ham sodomized Noah although the debate on that is not (directly) what this post is about.

Leviticus 20:11  And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Why did Noah curse Canaan, Ham's son, for what Ham had did to him?

Genesis 9:25  And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Would a curse of Ham's SON be given if the sin of Ham had just been to see his father naked?  Why curse Canaan -ONE of Ham's sons- (he had several sons mentioned in scripture) and not Ham or ALL of his sons?

Genesis 10:6  And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

It is very interesting that Ham's son Canaan was the line of sodom and gomorah which were wiped out by Yahweh for their wickedness - which included homosexuality.  Exactly what part, if any, did Canaan have to do with what Ham had done to Noah?

Genesis 10
15  And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
16  And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
17  And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
18  And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
19  And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

Throughout the Old Testament, the Canaanites were enemies of Israel and Yahweh had commanded Israel to destroy them.  While not implicit, one can deduce that the Amalekites were of the line of Caanan and led to Haman trying to destroy the Jews (book of Esther) because King Saul allowed Agag to survive.

Deuteronomy 20
16  But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
17  But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
Just some interesting observations.  Worthy of a deeper bible study if I can find anyone who is interested in studying the bible.

Benjamites of Gibeah, King Saul, and Judah

Not sure if there is any meaning to this connection although I find it very interesting.

I won't post the entire three chapters here.  You can read them at Blue Letter Bible  if you don't have a bible or have it with you.

In Judges 19-21, a Levite traveling with his concubine stopped in Gibeah, a city of the Tribe of Benjamin, for the night.  It was a dangerous place and a Gibeahnite invited them into his home for the night.  Some men of belial (ba-al) came and wanted him to send the man out so they could rape him (sounds a lot like what happened to sodom and gomorah with the angels) and the man refused and gave his daughter and the Levite's concubine to them to do with them what they wanted.  They abused and raped the Levite's concubine and she ended up dying.

Under Yahweh's instruction and with a sorrowful heart, the children of Israel came to fight the Gibeahnites.  The rest of the Tribe of Benjamin came to the aid of the Benjaminites in Gibeah.  All the women were killed and nearly all of the tribe of Benjamin were wiped out.  They found women from another tribe for the surviving Benjaminites to marry so the tribe would not be wiped out.  Yahweh allowed the near destruction of the Tribe of Benjamin due to sodomy.

Later Israel demanded a king even though they had Yahweh as their king.  Yahweh gave them King Saul which was from the Tribe of Benjamin even though in Genesis 49:8-10, Judah was to reign until the Messiah came.  It is obvious Saul was a placeholder by Yahweh until King David was old enough to become king because of the insistence for a king by Israel.

The most interesting part is that King Saul was from Gibeah.  I'm quite sure that what happened in Judges 19-21 with the Tribe of Benjamin almost being wiped out and Saul, a Benjaminite, from Gibeah becoming king are related although Yahweh has not shown me any more on this yet.  Gibeah (and the entire Tribe of Benajmin nearly being wiped out because of what happened in Gibeah) almost being wiped out. Saul, from the Tribe of Benjamin, being named king even though Judah was to rule, and Saul being from Gibeah is very interesting puzzle to figure out. (FYI:  King David was from Judah)

Genesis 49
8  Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
9  Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
10  The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. 

Thoughts?