Genesis 9:25
And said, Cursed be Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall he be vnto his brethren.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
In Context
24Then Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his yonger sonne had done vnto him,
26He said moreouer, blessed be the Lord God of Shem, and let Canaan be his seruant.
Cross References
Genesis 3:14Then the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed aboue all cattell, and aboue euery beast of the fielde: vpon thy belly shalt thou goe, and dust shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy life.
Genesis 9:22And when Ham the father of Canaan sawe the nakednesse of his father, he tolde his two brethren without.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he that curseth his father and his mother: And all the people shall say: So be it.
Joshua 9:23Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood, and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Judges 1:28Neuerthelesse when Israel was strong, they put the Canaanites to tribute, and expelled them not wholly.
2 Chronicles 8:7And all the people that were left to ye Hittites, and ye Amorites, and Perizzites, and the Hiuuites, and the Iebusites, which 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 →