Genesis 9:25
He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
In Context
24Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
26He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
Cross References
Genesis 3:14The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. You shall go on your belly and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
Genesis 9:22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonours his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Joshua 9:23Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you will never fail to be slaves, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God.”
Judges 1:28When Israel had grown strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labour, and didn’t utterly drive them out.
2 Chronicles 8:7As for all the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, 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 →