Genesis 9:26
He said, 1 + 9:26. MP: Descendant of Shem – “blessed be the God of Shem.” (Gal 3:8) “Blessed be Adonai, the God of Shem [Name]. 2 Let Canaan [Humbled] be his servant. 1
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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, 1 “Canaan [Humbled] is cursed. 2 He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”
Cross References
Genesis 12:1Now Adonai said to Avram [Exalted father], “Leave + 12:1. Quoted in Heb 11:8 your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you. + 12:1. Quoted in Acts 7:3
Genesis 27:40By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother. 1 It will happen, when you will break loose, 1 that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck.”
Psalms 144:15Happy are the people who are in such a situation. 2 Happy are the people whose God is Adonai.
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 →