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The curse of Cain and the mark of Cain are phrases that originated in the story of Cain and Abel in the Book of Genesis. In the stories, if someone harmed Cain, the damage would come back sevenfold. Some interpretations view this as a physical mark, whereas other interpretations see the "mark" as a sign, and not as a physical mark on Cain himself.
Smith taught that Black people were under the curse of Ham, [2] and the curse of Cain. [3]: 27 [4]: 256 He referred to the curses as a justification for slavery, [4]: 126 [2] and also taught that dark skin marked people of African ancestry as cursed by God.
This painting shows Noah cursing Ham. Smith and Young both taught that Black people were under the curse of Ham, [1] [2] and the curse of Cain. [3]: 27 [4] [5]Teachings on the biblical curse of Cain and the curse of Ham in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and their effects on Black people in the LDS Church have changed throughout the church's history.
Curse of Ham. Noah damning Ham, a 19th-century painting by Ivan Stepanovitch Ksenofontov. In the Book of Genesis, the curse of Ham is described as a curse which was imposed upon Ham 's son Canaan by the patriarch Noah. It occurs in the context of Noah's drunkenness and it is provoked by a shameful act that was perpetrated by Noah's son Ham, who ...
Mormon teachings on skin color have evolved throughout the history of the Latter Day Saint movement, and have been the subject of controversy and criticism.Historically, in Mormonism's largest denomination the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), leaders beginning with founder Joseph Smith taught that dark skin was a sign of a curse from God. [1]
Hamites. German 1932 ethnographic map portraying Hamites (in German: "Hamiten") as a subdivision of the Caucasian race ("Kaukasische Rasse"). ( Meyers Blitz-Lexikon ). Geographic identifications of Flavius Josephus, c. 100 AD; Japheth 's sons shown in red, Ham 's sons in blue, Shem 's sons in green. Hamites is the name formerly used for some ...
During the history of the Latter Day Saint movement, the relationship between Black people and Mormonism has included enslavement, exclusion and inclusion, and official and unofficial discrimination. [ 1]: 1–5 Black people have been involved with the Latter Day Saint movement since its inception in the 1830s. [ 2]: 37 Their experiences have ...
The first reference to dark skin as a curse and mark from God in Latter Day Saint writings can be found in the Book of Mormon, published in 1830.It refers to a group of people called the Lamanites and states that when they rebelled against God they were cursed with "a skin of blackness" (2 Nephi 5:21).