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Genesis 9:25

Canaan
Judgment

23 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.

24 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.

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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
KJV
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
WEB
He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”
ASV
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
DARBY
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.
BLB
And he said, “Cursed [be] Canaan! A servant of servants he shall be to his brothers.”
ÅB
Da sa han: Forbannet være Kana'an! Han skal være slave for sine brødres slaver.
OTB
sa han: "Forbannet være Kanaan! Den laveste av slaver skal han være for sine brødre."
B1930
Da sa han: Forbannet være Kana'an! trælers træl skal han være for sine brødre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 27:16

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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,

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  • 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.

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  • John 8:34

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

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  • 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,

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  • Genesis 9:22

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

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