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Genesis 9:26-28
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Genesis 9:26-28
Holman Christian Standard Bible
26 He also said:
Praise the Lord, the God of Shem;
Canaan will be[a] his slave.
27 God will extend[b] Japheth;
he will dwell in the tents of Shem;
Canaan will be his slave.
28 Now Noah lived 350 years after the flood.
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- Genesis 9:26 As a prophecy; others interpret the verbs in vv. 26-27 as a wish or prayer: let Canaan be . . .
- Genesis 9:27 In Hb, the name Japheth sounds like the word “extend.”
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