Genesis 9:25
And he said, 1 Cursed be the servant Canaan, 1 A slave shall he be to his brethren.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 recovered from the wine, and knew all that his younger son had done to him.
26And he said, 1 Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, 1 And Canaan shall be his bondservant. 1
Cross References
Genesis 3:14And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattle and all the brutes of the earth, on thy breast and belly thou shalt go, and thou shalt eat earth all the days of thy life.
Genesis 9:22And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he went out and told his two brothers without.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed is the man that dishonors his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Joshua 9:23And now ye are cursed: there shall not fail of you a slave, or a hewer of wood, or a drawer of water to me and my God.
Judges 1:28And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that he made the Canaanite tributary, but did not utterly drive them out.
2 Chronicles 8:7As for all the people that was left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who are 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 →