Berean Standard Bible

Genesis 9:25

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

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²³Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

²⁴When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

²⁵He said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

²⁶He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.

²⁷May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

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