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Genesis 9:25
25He said, ‘I curse Canaan! He will become a slave that must serve his brothers.’
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
23Then Shem and Japheth took Noah's coat and they put it between their shoulders. They walked into Noah's tent with their backs to Noah. In this way they covered their father with the coat. They looked away from their father so that they did not see him. They did this because Noah was not wearing any clothes. 24Later, when he was no longer drunk with the wine, Noah woke up. He found out what his youngest son, Ham, had done. He said, ‘I curse Canaan! He will become a slave that must serve his brothers.’ 26Noah also said, ‘I praise the Lord, the God of Shem! Let Canaan become Shem's slave! 27I pray that God will make the land of Japheth and his descendants grow bigger. I pray that the descendants of Japheth will share good things with Shem. I pray that Canaan will become Japheth's slave.’
Read all of Genesis 9Genesis 9:25 word by word
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָר֣וּר כְּנָ֑עַן עֶ֥בֶד עֲבָדִ֖ים יִֽהְיֶ֥ה לְאֶחָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 9:25
- Genesis 9:22Canaan's father, Ham, saw that Noah was not wearing any clothes. He went out of the tent. He told his two brothers what he had seen.
- Genesis 3:14The Lord God said to the snake, ‘Because you have done this, I will curse you. Among all the farm animals and wild animals, you are the one that I will curse. From now on, you will move across the ground on your stomach. You will eat dust from the ground. You will do this for your whole life.
- Genesis 4:11The ground received your brother's blood when you killed him. As a result, the ground no longer accepts you. It has brought a curse on you.
- Genesis 49:7Their anger is so strong that God will curse them. Their anger makes them do cruel things. So God will curse them. I will make your descendants separate from one another. They will live all over the country of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 27:16‘God will curse anyone who does not respect his parents.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Yes, we agree!’
- Deuteronomy 28:18God will curse your children and the crops that you grow. Your cows and your sheep will not give birth to healthy babies.
- Matthew 25:41Then the king will say to those people who are at his left side, “Go away from me. God has decided to punish you. He has prepared a fire that will burn for ever. He has prepared it for Satan and his servants. You will also go into that fire.
- John 8:34Jesus answered them, ‘I tell you this: Everyone who does wrong things is a slave to sin.
- Joshua 9:23Because you told lies to us, you will always have to be our servants. You will cut wood and you will fetch water to serve our God.’
- Judges 1:28When the Israelites had a strong army, they made the Canaanites do hard work for them. But they could never chase the Canaanites away completely.
- 1 Kings 9:20Solomon only made people who were not Israelites do the hard work for him. They were Canaanite people who still lived in the land after the Israelites took it for themselves. They were Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
- 2 Chronicles 8:7Solomon only made people who were not Israelites do the hard work for him. They were Canaanite people who still lived in the land after the Israelites took it for themselves. They were Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
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
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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
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