Genesis 9:25
and he said; Accursed be Kenaan, A working servant shall he be to his brethren.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
In Context
24And Noach awoke from his wine, and knew that which his youngest son had done unto him;
26And he said: Blessed be the Lord the God of Shem, And Kenaan shall be servant unto them.
Cross References
Genesis 3:14And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, more accursed art thou than all cattle, and than all the beasts of the held; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and the dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
Genesis 9:22And Cham the father of Kenaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he showed to his two brethren without.
Deuteronomy 27:16Accursed be he who contemneth his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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 →