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

Passage themes

The curse pronounced — Cursed be Canaan
Reduced to slavery — a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren

Notes and references

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.

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About this book

Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph

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