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26 He also said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! And blessed by the Lord my God be Shem! And let Canaan be his servant.

27 May God enlarge Japheth; and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.

28 And Noah lived after the flood 350 years.

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26 He also said,

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem!(A)
    May Canaan be the slave(B) of Shem.
27 May God extend Japheth’s[a] territory;(C)
    may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,(D)
    and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”

28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 9:27 Japheth sounds like the Hebrew for extend.