Genesis 9:26
And he said, 1 Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, 1 And Canaan shall be his bondservant. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
In Context
25And he said, 1 Cursed be the servant Canaan, 1 A slave shall he be to his brethren.
Cross References
Genesis 12:1And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and out of the house of thy father, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
Genesis 27:40And thou shalt live by thy sword, 1 And shalt serve thy brother; 1 And there shall be a time when thou shalt break 1 And loosen his yoke from off thy neck.
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.
Psalms 144:15The eyes of all wait upon thee; 1 And thou givest them their food in due season. 1
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 →