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

26 He said moreover, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, and let Canaan be his [c]servant.

27 God [d][e]persuade Japheth, that he may dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 9:25 He pronounceth as a Prophet the curse of God against all them that honor not their parents: for Ham and his posterity were accursed.
  2. Genesis 9:25 That is, a most vile slave.
  3. Genesis 9:26 Or, their.
  4. Genesis 9:27 Or, enlarge, or cause to return.
  5. Genesis 9:27 He declareth that the Gentiles, which came of Japheth, and were separated from the Church, should be joined to the same by the persuasion of God’s Spirit, and preaching of the Gospel.

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