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Genesis 9:26-28
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26 He also said:

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem;
Let Canaan be[a] Shem’s slave.
27 Let God extend Japheth;[b]
let Japheth dwell in the tents of Shem;
let Canaan be Shem’s slave.

28 Now Noah lived 350 years after the flood.

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  1. 9:26 As a wish or prayer; others interpret the verbs in vv. 26–27 as prophecy: Canaan will be...
  2. 9:27 In Hb, the name Japheth sounds like the word “extend.”
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Genesis 9:26-28
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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.
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