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26 Noah also said,

“May the Lord, the God of Shem, be praised!
    May Canaan be Shem’s slave.
27 May God give more land to Japheth.
    May Japheth live in Shem’s tents,
    and may Canaan be their slave.”

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.