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Genesis 9:27-29
Contemporary English Version
Genesis 9:27-29
Contemporary English Version
27 I pray God will give Japheth
more and more[a] land
and let him take over
the territory of Shem.
May Canaan be his slave.”
28 Noah lived 350 years after the flood 29 and died at the age of 950.
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- 9.27 more and more: In Hebrew “Japheth” sounds like “more and more.”
Genesis 9:27-29
New International Version
Genesis 9:27-29
New International Version
27 May God extend Japheth’s[a] territory;(A)
may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,(B)
and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”
28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years. 29 Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.(C)
Footnotes
- Genesis 9:27 Japheth sounds like the Hebrew for extend.
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