Genesis 9:25
and saith: 'Cursed [is] Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'
Young's Literal Translation
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 awaketh from his wine, and knoweth that which his young son hath done to him,
26And he saith: 'Blessed of Jehovah my God [is] Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.
Cross References
Genesis 3:14And Jehovah God saith unto the serpent, 'Because thou hast done this, cursed [art] thou above all the cattle, and above every beast of the field: on thy belly dost thou go, and dust thou dost eat, all days of thy life;
Genesis 9:22And Ham, father of Canaan, seeth the nakedness of his father, and declareth to his two brethren without.
Deuteronomy 27:16'Cursed [is] He who is making light of his father and his mother, — and all the people have said, Amen.
Joshua 9:23and now, cursed are ye, and none of you is cut off [from being] a servant, even hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the house of my God.'
Judges 1:28and it cometh to pass, when Israel hath been strong, that he setteth the Canaanite to tribute, and hath not utterly dispossessed it.
2 Chronicles 8:7All the people who are left of the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, who are 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 →