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26 Noah also said,

“May the Lord, the God of Shem, be ·praised [blessed]!
    May Canaan be Shem’s ·slave [servant; L Shem is the ancestor of Israel].
27 May God ·give more land to [make space for; C the verb sounds like his name] Japheth.
    May Japheth live in Shem’s tents,
    and may Canaan be their slave [10:2–4; 1 Chr. 1:5–7].”

28 After the flood Noah lived 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.