Genesis 9:25

And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

And he said {H559}, Cursed {H779} be Canaan {H3667}; a servant {H5650} of servants {H5650} shall he be unto his brethren {H251}.

He said, “Cursed be Kena‘an; he will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”

he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 27:16 (9 votes)

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

  • Joshua 9:23 (9 votes)

    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.

  • John 8:34 (8 votes)

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

  • Judges 1:28 (7 votes)

    And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

  • Judges 1:30 (7 votes)

    Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

  • 1 Kings 9:20 (5 votes)

    [And] all the people [that were] left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which [were] not of the children of Israel,

  • 1 Kings 9:21 (5 votes)

    Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.