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Genesis 9:25

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

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  1. Genesis 9:23

    And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.

  2. Genesis 9:24

    And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

  3. Genesis 9:26

    And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

  4. Genesis 9:27

    God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

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