Genesis 9:25
Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
In Context
24And, awaking from his wine, Noah saw what his youngest son had done to him, and he said,
26And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his servant.
Cross References
Genesis 3:14And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:
Genesis 9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father unclothed, and gave news of it to his two brothers outside.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.
Joshua 9:23Now because of this you are cursed, and you will for ever be our servants, cutting wood and getting water for the house of my God.
Judges 1:28And whenever Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced work, without driving them out completely.
2 Chronicles 8:7As for all the rest of the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, who 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 →