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26 He also said,

“Blessed be Adonai, God of Shem,
    and let Canaan be his servant.
27 May God enlarge Japheth,
    may he dwell in the tents of Shem,
        and may Canaan be his slave.”

28 Now Noah lived 350 years after the flood.

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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.