Genesis 9:25
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.
Darby Translation
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 learned what his youngest son had done to him.
26And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.
Cross References
Genesis 3:14And Jehovah Elohim said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. On thy belly shalt thou go, and eat dust all the days of thy life.
Genesis 9:22And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he that slighteth his father or his mother! And all the people shall say, Amen.
Joshua 9:23And now ye are cursed, and ye shall never cease to be bondmen, and hewers of wood, and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Judges 1:28And it came to pass when Israel became strong, that they made the Canaanites tributary; but they did not utterly dispossess them.
2 Chronicles 8:7All the people that were left 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 →