And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
The 1611 reading
And he said, Cursed bee Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall hee be vnto his brethren.
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Persons who serve, labour for, obey, or attend another.
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First occurrence: Genesis 9:25
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And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
And he said, Cursed bee Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall hee be vnto his brethren.
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captiue, he armed his trained seruants borne in his owne house, three hundred and eighteene, and pursued them vnto Dan.
1611 marginal noteOr, led foorth.
1611 marginal noteOr, instructed.
And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
And hee diuided himselfe against them, he and his seruants by night, and smote them, and pursued them vnto Hoba, which is on the left hand of Damascus:
Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
Therefore Abimelech rose earely in the morning, and called all his seruants, and told all these things in their eares: and the men were sore afraid.
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
And Abraham reproued Abimelech, because of a well of water, which Abimelechs seruants had violently taken away.
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of heards, and great store of seruants, and the Philistims enuied him.
1611 marginal noteOr, husbandry.
For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
For all the wels which his fathers seruants had digged in the dayes of Abraham his father, the Philistims had stopped them, & filled them with earth.
And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
And Isaacs seruants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
1611 marginal noteHeb. liuing
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
And he builded an altar there, and called vpon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaacs seruants digged a well.
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
And it came to passe the same day, that Isaacs seruants came, and tolde him concerning the well which they had digged, and said vnto him, we haue found water.
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