# 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:

Some translations indent each line of poetry to make it easier to read. The ULB does this with the poetry in Noah's curse and blessings in verses 25-27.

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