Genesis 9:25 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

So he said, "Canaan is cursed! He will be the lowest slave to his brothers.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

He said, "Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers."

YLT:

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

Genesis 9:25 Cross References

XREF:

Deuteronomy 27:16 'Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Joshua 9:23 "Now therefore, you are cursed, and you shall never cease being slaves, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

9:25 And he said, {r} Cursed [be] Canaan; a {s} servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
(r) He pronounces as a prophet the curse of God against all those who do not honour their parents: for Ham and his posterity were cursed.
(s) That is, a most vile slave.

WES:

9:25 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. Jos 9:23 Jud 1:28,30,33,35, 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.

MHC:

9:24-29 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 Ham; and for how many ages have the better parts of that country lain under the dominion of the Romans, then of the Saracens, and now of the Turks! In what wickedness, ignorance, barbarity, slavery, and misery most of the inhabitants live! And of the poor negroes, how many every year are sold and bought, like beasts in the market, and conveyed from one quarter of the world to do the work of beasts in another! But this in no way excuses the covetousness and barbarity of those who enrich themselves with the product of their sweat and blood. God has not commanded us to enslave negroes; and, without doubt, he will severely punish all such cruel wrongs. The fulfilment of this prophecy, which contains almost a history of the world, frees Noah from the suspicion of having uttered it from personal anger. It fully proves that the Holy Spirit took occasion from Ham's offence to reveal his secret purposes. Blessed be the Lord God of Shem. The church should be built up and continued in the posterity of Shem; of him came the Jews, who were, for a great while, the only professing people God had in the world. Christ, who was the Lord God, in his human nature should descend from Shem; for of him, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. Noah also blesses Japheth, and, in him, the isles of the gentiles that were peopled by his seed. It speaks of the conversion of the gentiles, and the bringing of them into the church. We may read it, God shall persuade Japheth, and being persuaded, he shall dwell in the tents of Shem. Jews and gentiles shall be united together in the gospel fold; both shall be one in Christ. Noah lived to see two worlds; but being an heir of the righteousness which is by faith, he now rests in hope, waiting to see a better than either.

CONC:

Bondman Bondmen Brethren Brothers Canaan Cursed Lowest Servant Servants Slave Slaves

Bondman Bondmen Canaan Cursed Lowest Servant Servants Slave Slaves

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