Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!sun-barr!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: gross@dg-rtp.dg.com (Gene Gross) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Ham and Canaan Message-ID: Date: 24 Jul 90 19:21:14 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 39 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article gt5599d@prism.gatech.edu (gt5599d TOLBERT,JASON ALAN) writes: > > I know that Ham is the son of Noah and that Canaan is his son. >However, I do not what people on this Earth today are descendants of >Canaan and Ham. What did they contribute to this world of today? >Someone once told me that Ham was the ancestor of Black people of this >Earth and that he was cursed. Could someone tell me more about this? >I have read about it in the King James Version but I do not get enough >from that. The following comes from a book by Dr. James McKeever called _Claim Your Birthright_, Chapter 11, page 169. Ham | | ---------------------------------------------------- Cush Mizraim Phut Canaan ---------------------------------------------------- | | ----------------------------------------------------- Amorites Ethiopians Egyptians Libyans Phoenicians Canaanites Jebusites ----------------------------------------------------- | | Black Ethiopian Jews I make no claims for the accuracy of this chart--it is part of a chart that delineates the lines of Ham, Shem, and Japheth Noah's three sons. Interesting book, BTW. It examines who is Israel. Gene Gross