Genesis 9:25
“And he said, Cursed bee Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall hee be vnto his brethren.”
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Genesis 9:25 Context
23And Shem and Iaphet tooke a garment, and layed it vpon both their shoulders, and went backward, and couered the nakednesse of their father, and their faces were backward, and they saw not their fathers nakednesse. 24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his yonger sonne had done vnto him. 25And he said, Cursed bee Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall hee be vnto his brethren. 26And hee saide, Blessed bee the LORD God of Shem, and Canaan shalbe his seruant. 27God shall enlarge Iaphet, and he shal dwel in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shalbe his seruant.
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Other Translations for Genesis 9:25
And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
- King James Version
So he said, "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.
- Basic English Bible
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.
- Darby Bible
And he said, Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren.
- Webster's Bible
He said, "Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers."
- World English Bible
and saith: `Cursed [is] Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And he said: Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 9:25
9:25 A servant of servants - That is, the meanest and most despicable servant shall he be, even to his brethren. Those who by birth were his equals, should by conquest be his lords. This certainly points at the victories obtained by Israel over the Canaanites, by which they were all either put to the sword, or put under tribute. #Jos 9:23 Jud 1:28|,30,33,35, which happened not 'till about eight hundred years after this. God often visits the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, especially when the children inherit the fathers wicked dispositions, and imitate the father's wicked practices.