Holy Scripture
Genesis 9:25
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“For another mystery was accomplished and predicted in the days of Noah, of which you are not aware. It is this: in the blessings wherewith Noah blessed his two sons, and in the curse pronounced on his son's son. For the Spirit of prophecy would not curse the son that had been by God blessed along with [his brothers].…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
25And he said, Cursed be the servant Canaan, A slave shall he be to his brethren.
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23And Shem and Japheth having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face was backward, and they saw not the nakedness of their father.
24And Noah recovered from the wine, and knew all that his younger son had done to him.
— Genesis 9:25 —
26And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, And Canaan shall be his bondservant.
27May God make room for Japheth, And let him dwell in the habitations of Shem, And let Canaan be his servant.