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Genesis 9

Gen. 9:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
t, Cursed
'arar (Hebrew #779)
to execrate
KJV usage: X bitterly curse.
Pronounce: aw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
be Canaan
Kna`an (Hebrew #3667)
humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him
KJV usage: Canaan, merchant, traffick.
Pronounce: ken-ah'-an
Origin: from 3665
; a servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
of servants
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
shall he be unto his brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
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Deut. 27:16• 16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. (Deut. 27:16)
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Josh. 9:23,27• 23Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
 27And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. (Josh. 9:23,27)
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Judg. 1:28,30• 28And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
 30Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. (Judg. 1:28,30)
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2 Chron. 8:7‑8• 7As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
 8But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day. (2 Chron. 8:7‑8)

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Brethren,
Canaan,
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Ministry on This Verse

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Cursed.
Gen. 9:22• 22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. (Gen. 9:22)
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Gen. 3:14• 14And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: (Gen. 3:14)
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Gen. 4:11• 11And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; (Gen. 4:11)
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Gen. 49:7• 7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. (Gen. 49:7)
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Deut. 27:16• 16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. (Deut. 27:16)
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Deut. 28:18• 18Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. (Deut. 28:18)
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Matt. 25:41• 41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: (Matt. 25:41)
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John 8:34• 34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. (John 8:34)
a servant.The devoted nations, which God destroyed before Israel, were descended from Canaan:
and so were the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, who were at length subjugated with dreadful destruction by the Greeks and Romans.
The Africans, who have been bought and sold like beasts, were also his posterity.
Josh. 9:23,27• 23Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
 27And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. (Josh. 9:23,27)
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Judg. 1:28‑30• 28And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.
 29Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
 30Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. (Judg. 1:28‑30)
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1 Kings 9:20‑21• 20And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
 21Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. (1 Kings 9:20‑21)
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2 Chron. 8:7‑8• 7As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
 8But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day. (2 Chron. 8:7‑8)
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John 8:34• 34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. (John 8:34)
• The sin began with utter disrespect to a father. Not to speak of the destroyed cities of the plain, they had in Joshua’s day sunk into the most shameless of sinners that ever disgraced God and defiled the earth. The believer can readily understand how Noah was divinely led to pronounce a just malediction on Canaan. (“Genesis 9” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.