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And he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“CursedאָרוּרbeCanaan;כְּנָעַןa slaveעֶבֶדof slavesעֲבָדִיםhe will beיִהְיֶהto his brothers.”לְאֶחָיו
Genesis 9:25
Study it in the app“And he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a slave of slaves he will be to his brothers.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 9:25, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Cursedאָרוּרarur
curse
Curse: declare someone or something under punishment, deprived of blessing. It is the opposite of bless.
Where else “arur” appears- Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- a slaveעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appears- he will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- to his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears
Places in this verse
Canaan
Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria
The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.
God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).
The context
24And Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
25 · This verse (above)
26And he said, “Blessed be YHWH, the Elohim of Shem; and let Canaan be their slave.
To study Genesis 9 in a group
1. What it says
What sign did Elohim set as a covenant with Noah and every living creature (vv. 12-13)?
2. What it means
What does verse 6 say about the value of human life, and what reason does it give?
3. How I live it
What simple sign can help you remember Elohim’s promises today?