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Genesis 9:26-28
New Catholic Bible
Genesis 9:26-28
New Catholic Bible
26 [a]And he continued,
“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem,
and let Canaan be his slave!
27 May God enlarge Japheth
so that he dwells in the land of Shem;
and let Canaan be his slave!”
28 After the flood, Noah lived for three hundred and fifty years.
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- Genesis 9:26 A great numerical and territorial expansion is announced for the descendants of Japheth; there is a play on the resemblance in sound between this ancestor’s name and the verb meaning “to open,” “to enlarge.”
Genesis 9:26-28
New International Version
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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