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Genesis 9:26-28
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Genesis 9:26-28
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
26 He also said,
‘Blessed by the Lord my God be Shem;
and let Canaan be his slave.
27 May God make space for[a] Japheth,
and let him live in the tents 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 9:27 Heb yapht, a play on Japheth
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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