GEN 9:25 Parallel View

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ULT and he said,
 ⇔  “Cursed be Canaan!
⇔  He will be a slave of slaves for his brothers.”

UST So he exclaimed about him,
 ⇔  “I ask God to curse Ham’s son Canaan!
⇔  Canaan will be the lowest servant for his relatives.”

BSB he said,
 ⇔ “Cursed be Canaan!
⇔ A servant of servants
⇔ shall he be to his brothers.”

OEB he said,
 ⇔ Cursed be Canaan;
 ⇔ may he be a slave of slaves to his brothers.

WEB He said,
 ⇔ “Canaan is cursed.
⇔ He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”

NET So he said,
 ⇔ “Cursed be Canaan!
 ⇔ The lowest of slaves
 ⇔ he will be to his brothers.”

LSV and says: “Cursed [is] Canaan,
Servant of servants he is to his brothers.”

FBV and said, “May Canaan[fn] be cursed! He will be the lowest kind of slave and will serve his brothers!”

9:25 Why Canaan is the one cursed and not Ham has long been a matter of debate. One suggestion is that it was the later Canaanites who were the particular enemies of Israel and who were subjugated by them, and so Canaan was prophetically more symbolically significant.

T4T He said, “I am cursing Ham’s youngest son, Canaan, and his descendants. They will be like slaves to their uncles.

LEB • And he said,“Cursed be Canaan, • a slave of slaves he shall be to his brothers.”

BBE Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.

MOF No MOF GEN book available

JPS And he said: Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

ASV And he said,
 ⇔ Cursed be Canaan;
 ⇔ A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

DRA He said: Cursed be Chanaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

YLT and saith: 'Cursed [is] Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'

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

RV And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

WBS And he said, Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren.

KJB And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
(And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. )

BB And he sayde: cursed be Chanaan, a seruaunt of seruauntes shall he be vnto his brethren.
(And he said: cursed be Chanaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.)

GNV And said, Cursed be Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall he be vnto his brethren.
(And said, Cursed be Canaan: a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. )

CB he sayde: Cursed be Canaan, and a seruaunt of seruauntes be he vnto his brethren.
(he said: Cursed be Canaan, and a servant of servants be he unto his brethren.)

WYC he seide, Cursid be the child Canaan, he schal be seruaunt of seruauntis to hise britheren.
(he said, Cursid be the child Canaan, he shall be servant of servants to his brethren/brothers.)

LUT sprach er: Verflucht sei Kanaan und sei ein Knecht aller Knechte unter seinen Brüdern!
(sprach er: Verflucht be Kanaan and be a Knecht aller Knechte under his brothersn!)

CLV ait: [Maledictus Chanaan, servus servorum erit fratribus suis.]
(ait: [Maledictus Chanaan, servus servorum will_be fratribus to_his_own.] )

BRN And he said, Cursed be the servant Chanaan, a slave shall he be to his brethren.

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπεν, ἐπικατάρατος Χαναὰν παῖς· οἰκέτης ἔσται τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ.
(Kai eipen, epikataratos Ⱪanaʼan pais; oiketaʸs estai tois adelfois autou. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

וַ⁠יֹּ֖אמֶר

and=he/it_said

Consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “So he exclaimed about Ham,”

אָר֣וּר

cursing

Alternate translation: “I hereby ask God to curse” or “May God curse”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

כְּנָ֑עַן

Kenaan

In verses 25-27, Canaan probably represents Ham and all of Ham’s descendants (the Canaanites), who will serve Shem and Japheth and all their descendants. You could put that information in a footnote.

יִֽהְיֶ֥ה

will_belong

Alternate translation: “I proclaim that he will be”

עֶ֥בֶד עֲבָדִ֖ים

servant servants

The Hebrew word here can mean either slave or “servant”. Slaves in the Old Testament were usually treated well and were not much different than servants, sometimes even becoming like members of their owner’s family. But they were of lower status than their masters, which is part of how Ham’s family is being cursed. Alternate translation: “the lowest slave”

לְ⁠אֶחָֽי⁠ו

to,brothers,his

Verses 26 and 27 show that his brothers probably refers here to Shem and Japheth (who were Canaan’s uncles) and their descendants.

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