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Genesis 9:26-28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Genesis 9:26-28
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
26 He also said,
“Blessed by the Lord my God be Shem,
and let Canaan be his slave.(A)
27 May God make space for Japheth,[a]
and let him live in the tents of Shem,
and let Canaan be his slave.”(B)
28 After the flood Noah lived three hundred fifty years.
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- 9.27 In Heb Japheth resembles the verb for make space
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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