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26 And Noe said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, and Canaan be the servant of Shem; (And Noah said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, and let Canaan be Shem’s slave;)

27 God alarge Japheth, and dwell he in the tabernacles of Shem, and Canaan be the servant of him. (May God enlarge, or increase, Japheth, and live he in Shem’s tents, and let Canaan be his slave too!)

28 Forsooth Noe lived after the great flood three hundred and fifty 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.