So who exactly was cursed to be black? Cain? Ham? Santa? The tooth fairy?

Question

Lol I hear Cain was cursed by God to be black when he killed his brother then I hear noah cursed his son. So God was going around cursing everyone during the bible times lmao what next people?? And where exactly in bible is this written? I want to dig up my bible somewhere under my bed and find this chapter. But I must say, it certainly is interesting to see that some people go to such to prove to themselves that they hate black people. I mean the pix up on hear and the endless text makes you wonder if they even got a job nevermind a life.

Lol I knew was going to attract the kkk

Answer 1

Your thinking of Ham, Noah's son who "looked upon his father's nakedness," when Noah was stone-drunk...

Genesis King James version says...

"9:20 And Noah began [to be] an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

9:23 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.

9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

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

9:26 And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant."

"Canaan" was in northern Africa, and Ham's descendants weren't cursed to be "Black," they were cursed to be "servants" or in other words, SLAVES... The reasoning behind this obviously symbolic story? I believe that what is trying to be conveyed here is the idea that improper social behavior, however slight or ridiculous it may seem, can lead to monstrously significant consequence for the person in question and society at large...
"Unless you do exactly what we tell you to, you will go directly to hell for all eternity, blah, blah, blah"...and so on.

Answer 2

I find it ironic that people say that blacks are cursed because ham saw his dad naked, but Lots daughters were not cursed for sleeping with their dad, which is worst? The only time black is used in the bible was to describe someone or a place,such as Psalms 105:23 and there are many other examples. The thing is no one mentions that people were turn white with Leprosy.Miriam>>num 12:9-10 Naaman>>>2kings 5:1-27. I think that some used the bible for their own gain, but we are all equal in the eyes of God.

Answer 3

Cursed in the bible is always followed by what that curse entails.

In the case of cain, the mark placed on him was not his curse, the mark was to let all others know that they could not kill him for the action that led to him being cursed.
Cains actual curse is that he was not allowed to settle down anywhere, he was to be a vagabond for the rest of his life.
Now, he did build a city, but it was built for his son. The curse did not extend to his offspring or descendents.

In the case of Noah, this curse did extend to his offspring and descendants, and has to do with one serving the other.

You will not find anywhere in the bible where Gods creation was given a different color as a bad thing.

Fact is, that a description of different body and facial appearances is found in the story of Issac and Rebecca having twins and the twins were as different as night and day in their appearances. One was built small and smooth skinned, and the other was built large and was very hairy, bright red and hairy fellow. Both boys were deceivers and were always trying to get the best of one another, add to that their parents were favoring one over another, adding more flame to the fire, mommy favored jacob and daddy favored esau.
It wasnt about their body build or their color differences, it was about whom God chose, and he chose Jacob because he did and that is the end of that stated God himself when asked why he chose Jacob, when both boys were brats.

Answer 4

The only place where one might get the impression that black skin came from a curse is when Noah says "Cursed be Canaan," after waking up from his drunken stupor and learning what Ham had done. Ham had a son named Canaan, who was the ancestor of the Canannites. Another son, Cush, is said to be the ancestor of the African nations. However, using this to say that it is ok to hate black people is quite a stretch. I would imagine that all of Noah's family were black, and that the white race was a mutation from that.

Answer 5

No, Cain wasn't cursed to be "black". You won't find that anywhere in the Bible. It only says that God put a "mark" upon Cain so that no one would kill him. We don't know what that mark is.
The first known black person in the bible is Cush, who was a descendant of Ham. The word "Cush" means "black", and he became the father of all the ******* peoples. White Europeans are descended from Gomer, who was a descendant of Japheth. Ham and Japheth were brothers, so we are all really just distant cousins of each other.

Answer 6

Being Black is not a curse, there is no verse in the Bible indicating that being Black is a curse.

Now I am White, and I am not going to say that Jesus was a White or a Black, He was a Jew.

All the Races were scattered during the Tower of babel
(Gen 11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. )

Now as to what was the Original race of Adam ? it is not known, nor is it important. we are all one Race HUMAN, Color, means nothing.

Answer 7

The anti-abolitionists in America used to cite the "Curse of Ham" as evidence that black people were inferior and therefore proper to be kept as slaves. It was inferred that Ham was "black" because in the Bible Egypt is referred to as "the Land of Ham." It just shows how people are always willing to stretch a Biblical text to make it jibe with their bigotries.

Answer 8

Racists in the KKK and in other organizations used this scripture as well as the one regarding Cain to justify their ill-treatment of African Americans.

They even used scriptures regarding not intermarrying with other nations to justify being against interracial relationships. In the case of Mr and Mrs Loving in the 1950s against the Virginia Court, the judge actually said that interracial mixing was forbidden in the bible and denied them recognition of their marriage.

This is why the bible and religion should not be used in matters of law. People use it for all kinds of hateful reasons to deny other people their human rights.

Answer 9

In the Bible it tells us that it was the mark of Cain and did not specify a color. I feel that the mark was making him white, and not black! Anyway, the point is that "others" are reading into this quote, and making it the way they want it to be. Honestly, the best thing to do is to ignore the prejudiced and judgemental people, otherwise you get sooooooo frustrated. If we stick to the positive, maybe, somehow we to will make our mark, in a positive way.

Answer 10

The mark on Cain was just for him.
No one was mark with him.
But Ham was cursed by his father Noah.