Genesis 9:25

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”

ASV

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

LSV

and says: “Cursed [is] Canaan, || Servant of servants he is to his brothers.”

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

And said, Cursed be Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall he be vnto his brethren.

JPS

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

LXXE

And he said, Cursed be the servant Chanaan, a slave shall he be to his brethren.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָר֣וּר כְּנָ֑עַן עֶ֥בֶד עֲבָדִ֖ים יִֽהְיֶ֥ה לְאֶחָֽיו׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπεν, ἐπικατάρατος Χαναὰν παῖς· οἰκέτης ἔσται τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ.

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• Noah and the Flood God sees violence filling the earth and decides to destroy it; righteous Noah, his household and animals survive in the ark while all life o…

Cross-references most cited first

• Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
• Joshua 9:23Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
• Judges 1:28–30When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely. Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to…
• Joshua 9:27On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.
• 1 Kings 9:20–21As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)— their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable…
• John 8:34Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
• 2 Chronicles 8:7–8As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)— their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable…
• Genesis 9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
• Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
• Deuteronomy 28:18The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
• Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
• Genesis 3:14So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
• Genesis 4:11Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

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