Gen 9:25-27 | ESV | STEP | he said , Cursed be Canaan ; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers .

b Josh. 9:23; Judg. 1:28; 1 Kgs. 9:20, 21

Genesis 9:25-27

25 he said,

^a“Cursed be Canaan;
^ba servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
26 He also said,

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem;
and let Canaan be his servant.
27 May God enlarge Japheth, ^{▼▼ Japheth sounds like the Hebrew for enlarge}
and let him dwell in the tents of Shem,
and let Canaan be his servant.”