Genesis 9:25
And he said, Cursed be Canaan. He shall be a servant of servants to his brothers.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
In Context
24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
26And he said, Blessed be LORD, the God of Shem. And let Canaan be his servant.
Cross References
Genesis 3:14And LORD God said to the serpent, Because thou have done this, cursed are thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. Upon thy belly thou shall go, and dust thou shall eat all the days of thy life.
Genesis 9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Joshua 9:23Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be bondmen of you, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Judges 1:28And it came to pass, when Israel grew strong, that they put the Canaanites to task work, and did not utterly drive them out.
2 Chronicles 8:7As for all the people who were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, that were not of Israel,
Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:25-28
Noah's Prophecy. ( b. c. 2347.) 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Here, I. Noah comes to himself: He awoke from his wine. Sleep cured him, and, we may suppose, so cured him that he never relapsed… Read the whole commentary →