And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

So the LORD God said to the serpent: "Because you have done this, You [are] cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life.

"So now you [are] cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

Cursed [be] their anger, for [it is] fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob And scatter them in Israel.

'Cursed [is] the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen!'

"Cursed [shall be] the fruit of your body and the produce of your land, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.

"Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 'Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels:

Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.

"Now therefore, you [are] cursed, and none of you shall be freed from being slaves -- woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."

And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, in the place which He would choose, even to this day.

And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites under tribute, but did not completely drive them out.

Nor did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol; so the Canaanites dwelt among them, and were put under tribute.

All the people [who were] left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who [were] not of the children of Israel --

that is, their descendants who were left in the land after them, whom the children of Israel had not been able to destroy completely -- from these Solomon raised forced labor, as it is to this day.

All the people [who were] left of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who [were] not of Israel --

that is, their descendants who were left in the land after them, whom the children of Israel did not destroy -- from these Solomon raised forced labor, as it is to this day.

Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.