Genesis 9:25

Genesis 9:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
• New International Version (NIV)he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)he said, "Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he said: “Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren.”

Context of Genesis 9:25

23And Shem and Japheth took the upper garment and both laid [it] upon their shoulders, and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned away, that they saw not their father's nakedness. 24And Noah awoke from his wine, and learned what his youngest son had done to him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren. 26And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman. 27Let God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.

Genesis 9:25 word by word

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָר֣וּר כְּנָ֑עַן עֶ֥בֶד עֲבָדִ֖ים יִֽהְיֶ֥ה לְאֶחָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Cursedאָרַר'ârar · to curseH779
• beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• Canaanכְּנַ֫עַןkena‛an · CanaanH3667

Cross-references for Genesis 9:25

• Genesis 9:22And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.
• Genesis 3:14And Jehovah Elohim said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. On thy belly shalt thou go, and eat dust all the days of thy life.
• Genesis 4:11And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
• Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it [was] violent; And their rage, for it [was] cruel! I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
• Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he that slighteth his father or his mother! And all the people shall say, Amen.
• Deuteronomy 28:18Cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep.
• Matthew 25:41Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
• John 8:34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Every one that practises sin is the bondman of sin.
• Joshua 9:23And now ye are cursed, and ye shall never cease to be bondmen, and hewers of wood, and drawers of water for the house of my God.
• Judges 1:28And it came to pass when Israel became strong, that they made the Canaanites tributary; but they did not utterly dispossess them.
• 1 Kings 9:20All the people that were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel,
• 2 Chronicles 8:7All the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,

Commentaries on Genesis 9:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Cursed be Canaan - See on the preceding verses. In the 25th, 26th, and 27th verses, instead of Canaan simply, the Arabic version has Ham the father of Canaan; but this is acknowledged by none of the other versions, and seems to be merely a gloss.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18-29Verses 18-29 - XXX. The Prophecy of Noah 18. כנען kena‛an “Kenaan, bowed down.” 19. נפץ nāpats “break, scatter, spread.” פוּץ pûts “break, scatter, flow.” 20. כרם kerem “orchard, vineyard.” 21. יין yayı̂n “wine; related: ferment.” After the blessing on the new heads of the human race has been pronounced, and the covenant with them renewed, we are prepared for a new development of human action. This appears, however, in the form of an event which is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-29Verses 24-29 Noah declares a curse on Canaan, the son of Ham; perhaps this grandson of his was more guilty than the rest. A servant of servants, that is, The meanest and most despicable servant, shall he be, even to his brethren. This certainly points at the victories in after-times obtained by Israel over the Canaanites, by which they were put to the sword, or brought to pay tribute. The whole continent of Africa was peopled mostly by the descendants of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25Cursed be Canaan!: Noah understood that Ham’s actions showed the character of his descendants through Canaan.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. Cursed be Canaan--This doom has been fulfilled in the destruction of the Canaanites--in the degradation of Egypt and the slavery of the Africans, the descendants of Ham.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 9:25

• Canaanites
• Children
• Curse
• Ham
• Noah
• Parents
• Shem

In the dictionaries

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• Covenant
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Commentaries on Genesis 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings