Genesis 9:25
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
KJV
ait : Maledictus Chanaan, servus servorum erit fratribus suis.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Ἐπικατάρατος Χανάαν· παῖς οἰκέτης ἔσται τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ.
LXX
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר אָר֣וּר כְּנָ֑עַן עֶ֥בֶד עֲבָדִ֖ים יִֽהְיֶ֥ה לְ/אֶחָֽי/ו
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אָר֣וּר
'rvr
verb · 63×
ו
v
noun · 629×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
כְּנָ֑עַן
kn'n
proper_noun · 94×
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 1Kgs 9:20 — And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
- 1Kgs 9:21 — Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
- 2Chr 8:7 — As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
- 2Kgs 2:24 — And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
- Deut 27:15 — Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and sa
- Deut 27:16 — Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Gal 1:8 — But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
- Gen 9:18 — And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
- Gen 9:22 — And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
- Gen 14:4 — Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
- Gen 27:12 — My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
- Gen 27:29 — Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
- John 8:34 — Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
- Josh 9:23 — Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
- Josh 9:23 — Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
- Josh 9:27 — And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
- Judg 1:28 — And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.