Genesis 9:25 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 9:25

23 ^aBut Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were¹ turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.

24 So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him.

25 Then he said:
^a“Cursed be Canaan;
A ^bservant of servants
He shall be to his brethren.”

26 And he said:
^a“Blessed be the Lord,
The God of Shem,
And may Canaan be his servant.

27 May God ^aenlarge Japheth,
^bAnd may he dwell in the tents of Shem;
And may Canaan be his servant.”

28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

29 So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.

Verse Comparison: Genesis 9:25

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

Amplified® Bible
He exclaimed, Cursed be Canaan! He shall be the servant of servants to his brethren!

Contemporary English Version
he said, "I now put a curse on Canaan! He will be the lowest slave of his brothers.

Darby English Version
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.

Good News Bible
he said, "A curse on Canaan! He will be a slave to his brothers.

King James Version
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

New American Standard Bible
So he said, "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers."

New International Version
he said,
"Cursed be Canaan!
The lowest of slaves
will he be to his brothers."

New King James Version
Then he said:
“ Cursed be Canaan;
A servant of servants
He shall be to his brethren.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So he said, "Cursed will become Canaan; A servant of servants His brothers shall regard him."

Revised Standard Version
he said, "Cursed be Canaan; a slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers."

Young's Literal Translation
and saith: `Cursed `is' Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'

New English Translation
So he said, “Cursed¹ be Canaan!² The lowest of slaves³ he will be to his brothers.”

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