Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

Noah was building the ark to save his family from the coming flood, God gave this promise: But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. —Genesis 6:18 Noah understood that God’s will meant the preservation of his entire family and not just himself. The three sons and their wives were predestined to repopulate the earth following the Flood. When the time of the deluge arrived, God instructed, “Come into the ark, you and all your household . . . ” (Gen. 7:1). After spending over one year in this floating zoo, God “remembered Noah, and every living thing” (Gen. 8:1). As they exited from the boat, “God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth’” (Gen. 9:1). This blessing was imparted to Noah and his three sons. Afterward, Noah planted a vineyard and was drunk with the wine. It is written that Ham “saw the nakedness of his father” (v. 22). However, Shem and Japheth walked backward into the tent to cover their father. Growing up, I heard people teach that God cursed Ham for what he did. There is no place in the biblical record that Ham was cursed. In fact we read: Then he ssaid: “Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants he shall be to his brethren.” —Genesis 9:25 Why was Canaan cursed and not Ham? Canaan was the