"And he said, Cursed {be} Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren." — Genesis 9:25

Genesis 9:25 · KJV

“And he said, Cursed {be} Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.”

— Genesis 9:25

And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

And he said, Blessed {be} the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. {his servant: or, servant to them}

Genesis 9 — Context

And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid {it} upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces {were} backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

And he said, Cursed {be} Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

And he said, Blessed {be} the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. {his servant: or, servant to them}

God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. {enlarge: or, persuade}

Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed {be} he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Joshua 9:23

Now 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. {none...: Heb. not be cut off from you}

Judges 1:28-30

And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

1 Kings 9:20-21

{And} all the people {that were} left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which {were} not of the children of Israel,

John 8:34

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

Joshua 9:27

And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. {made: Heb. gave, or, delivered to be}

2 Chronicles 8:7-8

{As for} all the people {that were} left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which {were} not of Israel,

Genesis 9:22

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.