Genesis 9:26
And he said: Blessed be the Lord God of Sem, be Chanaan his servant.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
In Context
25He said: Cursed be Chaanan, a servant of servants, shall he be unto his brethren.
27May God enlarge Japheth, and may he dwell in the tents of Sem, and Chanaan be his servant.
Cross References
Genesis 12:1And the Lord said to Abram: Go forth out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and out of they father's house, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
Genesis 27:40Shall thy blessing be. Thou shalt live by the sword and shalt serve thy brother: and the time shall come, when thou shalt shake off and loose his yoke from thy neck.
Joshua 9:23Therefore you shall be under a curse, and your race shall always be hewers of wood, and carriers of water unto the house of my God.
Romans 9:5dummy verses inserted by amos
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 →