Texts for Canaanites – from Curse to Conquest

Topic	Text	Notes
Appearance in Text
	Gen 9:20-27	Curse of Canaan by Noah - Ham saw father's nakedness = ervah						ערה
			implies shameful exposure - BdB 788
			rainbow right before this in text
		Adam & Eve nakedness = arumim - Gen 2:25, 3:7,10 - not ashamed						ערמ
Who "they" are			exposed - bare
	Gen 10:15-10	List of Canaan's descendents - Jebusites, Amorites, Gergishites, etc
	Ex 3:8,17, 34	List of tribes, Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, Jebusites
What is wrong with them?
	Lev 18:3,6,7	Do not be like Canaanites - do not uncover ervah - implies act of rape						ערה
	Lev 18:24-30	do not defile yourselves like them - Canaanites as sexual degenerates.
	Lev 20:22-26	do not follow their practices - you shall possess the land
What God will do
	Just Land
	Gen 12:5	Abram sets forth for Canaan and arrives for a stop
	Gen 12:7	God assigns land to Abram's offspring
	Gen 13:12	Abram returns from Egypt andstays in land of Canaan
	Gen 13:14-17	God promises Canaan to Abram
	Gen 15:7	God gives Canaan as inheritance to Abram
	Gen 15:16	Iniquity of Amorites
	Gen 15:18-19	God covenants with Abram to give land to offspring
	Gen 17:8	God establishes covenenant and gives Canaan and will be also their God
	Gen 23:19	Abraham buries Sarah in Canaan
	Gen 24:3-4	Isaac cannot have a Canaanite wife
	Gen 28:1	Jacob cannot take wife from daughters of Canaan
	Gen 31:3	YHVH tells Jacob to return to birthplace - place of ancestors (Canaan)
	Gen 33:18	Jacob returns to Canaan
	Gen 36:2	Esau took wives from daughters of Canaan
	Ex 3:8,17	God will take them to Canaanite land - list of tribal names
	Ex 6:8	God will bring them to the land
	Ex 33:1-2	I will send an angel to drive out the Canaanites etc
	Num 14:9	Joshua says the Canaanites are "our prey"
	Num 14:45	they lose battle with Canaanites and Amalekites at Horman
	Deut 11:23-25	God will dislodge - put dread and fear over land
	Deut 31:3-5	God will cross over before the Israelites and wipe "them" out
	Land and not worshipping foreign gods
KEY	Ex 23:23-33	You shall not bow down to their gods - I will drive them out - no covenant with them and gods
	Ex 34:11-16	God covenants with Moses to drive out Canaanites etc - no covenant with "them"
		This is after Golden Calf and 2nd 10.  If they are driven out,  how can they be covenanted with?
	Num 33:51-55	You shall dispossess and demolish - Those you allow to remain will be thorns
see Ex 23:23-33		Bible is severe with Canannites because culture easily confused w/ Isrealites: Torah 1019
	Deut 6:10-15	Land full of cities and cisterns you did not make - do not follow their gods
	Deut 7:1-5	You must doom them to destruction - not intermarry - smash their pillars							Rahav
see Num 33:51-53
KEY	Deut 7:16-26	You shall destroy - really strong
	Deut 9:1-5	God will wipe them out because of their wickedness
	Deut 12: 2-3	Tear down the altars
	Deut 12:29-31	God will cut down nations
	Deut 20:10-15	Offer peace - kill males and take booty - this is for distant towns
	Deut 20:16-18	Towns belonging to Canaanites that are heritage, no one can live.							Rahav
		Proscribe lest they lead you to do things they have done for their gods
Contradictions
	Lev 25:44	You may acquire slaves from nations about you
	Lev 25:45,47	You may acquire slaves from children or resident aliens						גר
	Lev 26:32	God will make land desolate so enemies who settled in will be appalled
	Lev 26:38	Land of your enemies shall consume you
	Num 15:14-16	Same rules for you and stranger						גר
	Num 15:26	Israelite community and stranger alike shall be forgiven						גר
	Num 15:29	One ritual for Israel and stranger						גר