1092. Verse 25. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren. “Cursed be Canaan” signifies that external worship separate from internal averts itself from the Lord; “a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren” signifies the vilest thing in the church.

223. As the “face of the Lord” is mercy, peace, and every good, it is evident that He regards all from mercy, and never averts His countenance from any; but that it is man, when in evil, who turns away his face, as is said by the Lord in Isaiah:

Your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you (Isaiah 59:2); and here, “they hid themselves from the face of Jehovah, because they were naked.”