25he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers."


In Context

22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers outside.

23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father's nakedness.

24 When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him,

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

26 He also said, "Blessed be the Lord , the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem.

27 May God extend the territory of Japheth ; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave."

Genesis 9:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:25And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:25He said: Cursed be Chaanan, a servant of servants, shall he be unto his brethren.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:25And he said, Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:25He said, |Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:25and saith: 'Cursed is Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.