Comments on: Paradise Remade . . . Sort of: Genesis 6:9-9:29 http://standingonshoulders.net/2008/11/22/paradise-remade-sort-of-genesis-69-929/ Mon, 28 May 2012 20:53:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Adam http://standingonshoulders.net/2008/11/22/paradise-remade-sort-of-genesis-69-929/#comment-399 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:18:06 +0000 http://standingonshoulders.wordpress.com/?p=481#comment-399 Yes. Shem means ‘name.’ Those at Babel wanted to make a ‘name’ for themselves, but God makes a ‘name’ for Abraham in 12:1-3. Thanks for serving us last night by leading and playing. Glad you and Lacy are with us!

]]> By: Jason Adkins http://standingonshoulders.net/2008/11/22/paradise-remade-sort-of-genesis-69-929/#comment-398 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:50:02 +0000 http://standingonshoulders.wordpress.com/?p=481#comment-398 Great sermon! A couple of months ago, I read through Genesis, and I noticed something new (to me) about the drunken, naked Noah narrative. One of Noah’s curses to Ham is that Canaan, his son, would serve Shem. Later in Genesis, we find that Abraham is from the line of Shem.

It seems that much of the rest of the OT focuses on the conflict between Shem’s line and Canaan. When God’s people cross into the land of promise and begin to subdue the Canaanites, we see a literal fulfillment of Noah’s curse: Canaan is becoming the servant of Shem.

Did you read anything about this part of the curse in your sermon prep?

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