Genesis 9:25
And he said, Accursed be Canaan,—a servant of servants, shall he be to his brethren!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
In Context
24And Noah awoke from his wine,—and came to know what his youngest son had done to him.
26And he said, Blessed be Yahweh, God of Shem,—And let Canaan be their servant:
Cross References
Genesis 3:14Then said Yahweh God unto the serpent—Because thou hast done this, Accursed, art thou above every tame-beast, and above every wild-beast of the field,—on thy belly, shalt thou go, and dust, shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
Genesis 9:22And Ham the father of Canaan saw his father’s shame,—and told his two brethren outside.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed, be he that holdeth in light esteem his father or his mother. And all the people shall say—Amen.
Joshua 9:23Now, therefore, accursed, ye are,—and ye shall not cease to be in bond-service as hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God.
Judges 1:28when Israel, however, had waxed strong, they put the Canaanites under tribute,—though they, dispossessed, them not.
2 Chronicles 8:7As for all the people that were left, of the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and 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 →