The summary statement for Ham's descendants closes the section: these are Ham's sons by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations. The same three-category formula used for Japheth in verse 5 — language, territory, nation — is used here, affirming the parallel structure of the table. Ham's line, marked by the curse on Canaan and the rise of Nimrod, nevertheless fills the earth in fulfillment of the creation mandate. The curse of Genesis 9:25 does not prevent the multiplication; it shapes the moral and spiritual trajectory of that multiplication. Galatians 3:13–14 declares that Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law so that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles — the blessing that was blocked for Ham's line by the curse is precisely what the gospel reopens. Every nation descended from Ham is included in the scope of Galatians 3:8's declaration: all nations will be blessed through Abraham's seed.

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