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<mekorot>R. Nehemiah in <multilink><a href="BereshitRabbah36-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit Rabbah,</a><a href="BereshitRabbah36-7" data-aht="source">36:7</a><a href="Bereshit Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bereshit Rabbah</a></multilink> R. Yosef Kara, <multilink><a href="RashbamReconstructedBereshit9-18" data-aht="source">Rashbam</a><a href="RashbamReconstructedBereshit9-18" data-aht="source">Reconstructed Bereshit 9:18</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraBereshit9-18-27" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshit9-18-27" data-aht="source">Bereshit 9:18-27</a><a href="IbnEzraAdditionalCommentaryBereshit9-18-27" data-aht="source">Additional Commentary Bereshit 9:18-27</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBereshit9-18-27" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBereshit9-18-27" data-aht="source">Bereshit 9:18-27</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink>, Ralbag, <multilink><a href="SefornoBereshit9-18-27" data-aht="source">Seforno</a><a href="SefornoBereshit9-18-27" data-aht="source">Bereshit 9:18-27</a><a href="R. Ovadyah Seforno" data-aht="parshan">About R. Ovadyah Seforno</a></multilink></mekorot> | <mekorot>R. Nehemiah in <multilink><a href="BereshitRabbah36-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit Rabbah,</a><a href="BereshitRabbah36-7" data-aht="source">36:7</a><a href="Bereshit Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bereshit Rabbah</a></multilink> R. Yosef Kara, <multilink><a href="RashbamReconstructedBereshit9-18" data-aht="source">Rashbam</a><a href="RashbamReconstructedBereshit9-18" data-aht="source">Reconstructed Bereshit 9:18</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraBereshit9-18-27" data-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshit9-18-27" data-aht="source">Bereshit 9:18-27</a><a href="IbnEzraAdditionalCommentaryBereshit9-18-27" data-aht="source">Additional Commentary Bereshit 9:18-27</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBereshit9-18-27" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBereshit9-18-27" data-aht="source">Bereshit 9:18-27</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink>, Ralbag, <multilink><a href="SefornoBereshit9-18-27" data-aht="source">Seforno</a><a href="SefornoBereshit9-18-27" data-aht="source">Bereshit 9:18-27</a><a href="R. Ovadyah Seforno" data-aht="parshan">About R. Ovadyah Seforno</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
<point><b>"בְּנוֹ הַקָּטָן"</b><ul> | <point><b>"בְּנוֹ הַקָּטָן"</b><ul> | ||
| − | <li><b>Canaan</b> – Most of these sources maintain that this refers to Canaan, the youngest son of Cham. As evidence, they point to the order of sons mentioned in the genealogy list in 10:6, "וּבְנֵי חָם כּוּשׁ וּמִצְרַיִם וּפוּט וּכְנָעַן." According to Seforno Canaan is called Noach's son, despite his being his grandson, because 'בְּנֵי בָּנִי הֲרֵי הֵם כְּבָנִים', (a person's grandsons are like his sons). R. Yosef Kara and Ibn Ezra assert, in contrast, that the "וי"ו" of "בְּנוֹ" refers back to Cham. | + | <li><b>Canaan</b> – Most of these sources maintain that this refers to Canaan, the youngest son of Cham. As evidence, they point to the order of sons mentioned in the genealogy list in 10:6, "וּבְנֵי חָם כּוּשׁ וּמִצְרַיִם וּפוּט וּכְנָעַן." According to Seforno Canaan is called Noach's son, despite his being his grandson, because 'בְּנֵי בָּנִי הֲרֵי הֵם כְּבָנִים', (a person's grandsons are like his sons). R. Yosef Kara and Ibn Ezra assert, in contrast, that the "וי"ו" of "בְּנוֹ" refers back to Cham.<fn>In other words, the verse reads "And Noach realized what the youngest son [of Cham] had done to him.</fn></li> |
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Version as of 03:44, 11 October 2015
Noach's Vineyard
Exegetical Approaches
Canaan Sinned
Noach punished Canaan because Canaan had wronged him the most.
Sources:R. Nehemiah in Bereshit Rabbah, R. Yosef Kara, Rashbam, Ibn Ezra, R. Yosef Bekhor Shor, Ralbag, Seforno
"בְּנוֹ הַקָּטָן"
- Canaan – Most of these sources maintain that this refers to Canaan, the youngest son of Cham. As evidence, they point to the order of sons mentioned in the genealogy list in 10:6, "וּבְנֵי חָם כּוּשׁ וּמִצְרַיִם וּפוּט וּכְנָעַן." According to Seforno Canaan is called Noach's son, despite his being his grandson, because 'בְּנֵי בָּנִי הֲרֵי הֵם כְּבָנִים', (a person's grandsons are like his sons). R. Yosef Kara and Ibn Ezra assert, in contrast, that the "וי"ו" of "בְּנוֹ" refers back to Cham.1
Canaan Born from Cham's Sin
Canaan was cursed as an illegitimate child born of the illicit union between Cham and Noach's wife.
Sources:Hoil Moshe, I. Elizur
Canaan Cursed for Cham's Sin
Josephus, opinion in Bavli Sanhedrin, opinions in Bereshit Rabbah, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, Ramban, Shadal
Sources:Despite the fact that it was Cham who acted wrongly, for technical reasons Canaan was cursed instead.
Canaan not Cursed
Canaan was never cursed; only Cham was.
Sources:R. Saadia Gaon
