Genesis 9:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.””
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“he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and saith: `Cursed <FI>is<Fi> Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 9:25 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- 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.
- Joshua 9:23Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
- 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.
- Judges 1:28When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.
- 1 Kings 9:20As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—
- 2 Chronicles 8:7As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—
- 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.
- John 8:34Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
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