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25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Genesis 9:25 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 24-27)II. The spirit of prophecy comes upon him, and, like dying Jacob, he tells his sons what shall befal them, Gen. 49:1. 1. He pronounces a curse on Canaan the son of Ham (Gen. 9:25), in whom Ham is himself cursed, either because this son of his was now more guilty than the rest, or because the posterity of this son was afterwards to be rooted out of their land, to make room for Israel. And Moses her...
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