Reply To: Og`s offspring – are they "Bnei Noach"?

Dash – “Eliezer had to be from a cursed lineage (Canaan).”

Canaan was from the lineage of Noach who traces to Sheth.

Alternatively, if Eliezer was Og, he may have been from “another” cursed lineage: Cain (the murderer).

iced – “What is the difference, other than one of terminology, whether or not Og had male children? … Thus the question is irrelevant from a practical standpoint. It is, at most, only theoretical.”

There are nearly 7 billion humans on Earth. The Torah dedicates multiple psukin to trace the lineage of various nations.

Mathematically, if there are TWO sources of lineage: Noach and Og, then maybe half the world population has a totally different heritage.

The Torah’s psukim dedicated to lineage are not for halachic/practical purposes either, but Chas vesholom to say that they are irrelevant. The name of Esov’s pilegesh Na’amah is as relevant as Anochi of the aseres hadibros. To say any differently would border on kfirah.