King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 9:25
“And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.”
Verse in context — Genesis 9
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And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid [it] upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces [were] backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
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And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
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And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
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And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
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God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
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