The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
Genesis 9:25 - English Standard Version 2016 he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He exclaimed, Cursed be Canaan! He shall be the servant of servants to his brethren! [Deut. 27:16.] American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. Common English Bible He said, “Cursed be Canaan: the lowest servant he will be for his brothers.” Catholic Public Domain Version he said, "Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants will he be to his brothers." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He said: Cursed be Chaanan; a servant of servant shall he be unto his brethren. |
The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.
When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him,
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin.
“‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Cursed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock.
Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall never be anything but servants, cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”
But Joshua made them that day cutters of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, to this day, in the place that he should choose.