Genesis 9:24-26

Amplified Bible

²⁴When Noah awoke from his wine [induced stupor], he knew what his younger son [Ham] had done to him. ²⁵So he said,

“Cursed be Canaan [the son of Ham];
^[a]A servant of servants
He shall be to his brothers.”^(A)

²⁶He also said,

“Blessed be the Lord,
The God of ^[b]Shem;
And let Canaan be his servant.

Genesis 9:25 The words of Noah are prophetic. God later found the disobedience of the Canaanites to be repulsive and replaced them with the descendants of Shem.
Genesis 9:26 The Jewish people are the descendants of Shem. Through Shem’s lineage came the Messiah and salvation.