The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 42 : Genesis 9:24–29 – Noah’s Invocation / Prophecy of His Three Sons

WHAT IS THE BIRTH ORDER OF NOAH’S SONS? – NOAH’S INVOCATION / PROPHECIES OF HIS THREE SONS – THE PURPOSE OF THIS PASSAGE – NOAH’S ‘PROPHECIES’? – ARE NOAH’S STATEMENTS WISHES, PRAYERS, OR DECREES? – THE CURSE ON CANAAN IS NOT A CURSE ON PEOPLE OF COLOR – WHEN AND HOW WAS THIS FULFILLED? – WHY WAS CANAAN CURSED INSTEAD OF HAM? – OUT OF HAM’S SONS, WHY CANAAN? – SHEM TO BE THE ELECT LINE – ‘SHEM’ MEANS ‘NAME’ – WHEN WAS THE CURSE ON CANAAN IN REGARDS TO SHEM FULFILLED? – TO WHOM DOES ‘HE WILL DWELL IN THE TENTS OF SHEM’ REFER? – WHEN WAS THE CURSE ON CANAAN IN REGARDS TO JAPETH FULFILLED? – THE DEATH OF NOAH