Genesis 9:25
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Leeser Tanakh
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 discovered what his younger son had done unto him.
26And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem; and Canaan shall be a servant unto them.
Cross References
Genesis 3:14And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all the cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Genesis 9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told it his two brothers without.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he that holdeth in light esteem his father or his mother; and all the people shall say, Amen.
Joshua 9:23And now be ye cursed, and there shall not cease to be of you servants 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 put the Canaanites to tribute; but they did not drive them out entirely.
2 Chronicles 8:7All the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Emorites, 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 →