Original sentence: However, the Book of Abraham, part of the Pearl of Great Price, which is accepted as scripture of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints indicates that the king of Egypt was a descendent of Ham and "a partaker of the blood of the Canaanites by birth" through Ham's union with the woman Egyptus.The passage goes on to state, "and thus the blood of the Canaanites was preserved in the land.There is no clear indication from Smith's translation of the Bible that the "people of Canaan" survived the deluge, or that they have any relationship to modern blacks, or that the black skin was hereditary rather than a result of exposure to the sun
Edited sentence: " (Pearl of Great Price Commentary, Book of Abraham Chapter 1 page 141, Milton R."21 Now this king of Egypt was a descendant from the loins of Ham, and was a partaker of the blood of the Canaanites by birth."But the greatest curse of all that came upon Cain and his descendants was that they were "cursed as pertaining to the Priesthood," that is, the entire lineage "could not have the right of Priesthood"... Joseph Smith identified the negroes as the descendants of Cain... Therefore it is due to the teachings of the Pearl of Great Price and the Prophet Joseph Smith and the other early leaders of the Church that the negro today is barred from the Priesthood.22 From this descent sprang all the Egyptians, and thus the blood of the Canaanites was preserved in the land.23 The land of Egypt being first discovered by a woman, who was the daughter of Ham, and the daughter of Egyptus, which in the Chaldean signifies Egypt, which signifies that which is forbidden;.24 When this woman discovered the land it was under water, who afterward settled her sons in it; and thus, from Ham, sprang that race which preserved the curse in the land.25 Now the first government of Egypt was established by Pharaoh, the eldest son of Egyptus, the daughter of Ham, and it was after the manner of the government of Ham, which was patriarchal.Hunter of the First Council of the Seventy.In addition Smith himself clearly makes the association to what he has written or translated in these passages and his authority as prophet to clarify the ultimate meaning,.There is clear indication from Smith's translation of the Bible that the "people of Canaan" survived the deluge, and that they have a relationship to modern blacks,