# General Information:

In verses 25-27 Noah pronounced a curse on Ham's son and blessings on Ham's brothers. What Noah said about them also applied to their descendants, as shown in the UDB.

# General Information:

Alternate phrases in these verses are indented to show that this is poetry. If you can, format these verses as they are formatted here to show your readers that this is poetry.

# awoke from his wine

He awoke after drinking wine and becoming drunk. He "became sober."

# his youngest son

This refers to Ham. AT: "his youngest son, Ham"

# Cursed be Canaan

"I curse Canaan" or "May bad things happen to Canaan"

# Canaan

This was one of Ham's sons. AT: "Ham's son Canaan"

# a servant to his brothers' servants

"the lowest servant of his brothers" or "the least important servant of his brothers"

# his brothers

This could refer either to Canaan's brothers or to his relatives in general.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/noah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/curse]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/canaan]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/brother]]