Draper, Brown, and Rhodes describe Ham/Canaan as "Black."
- Type
- Book
- Source
- Richard D. Draper LDS
- Hearsay
- Secondary
- Reference
Richard D. Draper, S. Kent Brown, and Michael D. Rhodes, The Pearl of Great Price: A Verse-by-Verse Commentary (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005), 255
- Scribe/Publisher
- Deseret Book
- People
- Richard D. Draper, S. Kent Brown, Michael D. Rhodes
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
In the Bible Noah says, "Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren" (Genesis 9:25). The JST adds, "and a veil of darkness shall cover him [Canaan], that he shall be known among all men." This appears to be a reference to the darkness that came upon the Canaanites (see Moses 7:8). This is generally assumed to be skin coloring. Here Abraham makes it clear that this curse also included a loss of the right to bear the priesthood. See the comment below for a further discussion of this curse.
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