Genesis 9:26-28
American Standard Version
26 And he said,
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem;
And let Canaan be [a]his servant.
27 God enlarge Japheth,
And [b]let him dwell in the tents of Shem;
And let Canaan be his servant.
28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
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- Genesis 9:26 Or, their
- Genesis 9:27 Or, he shall
Genesis 9:26-28
New International Version
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.
Footnotes
- Genesis 9:27 Japheth sounds like the Hebrew for extend.
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