23 Then took Shem and Japheth a garment, and put it upon both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father with their faces backward: so they saw not their father’s nakedness.

24 Then Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him,

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

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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.

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