KJV King James Version
And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
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Genesis 9:25
And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
WEB World English Bible
He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and saith: ‘Cursed is Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 9
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
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.
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.
28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
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Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.Joshua 9:23Now 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.Judges 1:28-30And 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 8:34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.Joshua 9:27And 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.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 9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.Genesis 49:7Cursed [be] their anger, for [it was] fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.Matthew 25:41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:Deuteronomy 28:18Cursed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.Genesis 3:14And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:Genesis 4:11And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
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