Ham was Noah’s son who became the father of Canaan in the Genesis account. Genesis 9:18 identifies Ham as the father of Canaan after the Flood narrative, and Genesis 10:6 lists Canaan among Ham’s sons.
Genesis names Noah’s three sons as Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They are presented as the men who left the Ark with Noah and their wives, and the text later describes their descendants in the Table of Nations. Ham’s genealogy includes Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
The episode involving Noah’s drunkenness and the uncovering of his nakedness is followed by Noah’s curse on Canaan, not directly on Ham in the wording of Genesis 9:25. This detail is frequently simplified or misremembered in retellings. The passage has also been misused historically to justify racism and slavery, despite the text’s specific genealogy and its lack of a racial theory.
The names and relationships belong to the biblical narrative; they are not equivalent to a modern genealogical map of all peoples. Canaan is also the name of the ancient region associated with the southern Levant.