Chapter 9
Genesis 9:25
RBT Hebrew Literal:
And he is saying: `Cursed is Humbled, a slave of slaves, he is becoming to his brothers.`351
Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And he will say, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren.
And he will say, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren.
LITV Translation:
And he said, Cursed be Canaan. He shall be a slave of slaves to his brothers.
And he said, Cursed be Canaan. He shall be a slave of slaves to his brothers.
ESV Translation:
he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And he said, Cursed be the servant Canaan, A slave shall he be to his brethren.
And he said, Cursed be the servant Canaan, A slave shall he be to his brethren.
Footnotes
| 351 | Hebrew ebed abadim. A slave of slaves. The trick played here is that this can be conceptually and linguistically understood in the sense of offspring. Humbled makes the grand entrance onto the end-time scene as an offspring of slaves. |