Genesis 9:25

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.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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A servant of servants - That is, the meanest and most despicable servant shall he be, even to his brethren. Those who by birth were his equals, should by conquest be his lords. This certainly points at the victories obtained by Israel over the Canaanites, by which they were all either put to the sword, or put under tribute. Joshua 9:23; Judges 1:28, Judges 1:30, Judges 1:33, Judges 1:35, which happened not 'till about eight hundred years after this. God often visits the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, especially when the children inherit the fathers wicked dispositions, and imitate the father's wicked practices.

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