Genesis 9:26-28
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
26 He also said:
“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem!
Let Canaan be his slave.
27 May God expand Japheth,[a]
and may he dwell among the tents of Shem;
and let Canaan be his slave.”
28 Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood.
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- 9:27 In the Hebrew text there is a play on the words yapt (“expand”) and yepet (“Japheth”).
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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