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Genesis 9:24-27
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

24 When Noah awoke from his drinking and learned what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said:

Canaan is cursed.(A)
He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers.(B)

26 He also said:

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem;
Let Canaan be[a] Shem’s slave.
27 Let God extend Japheth;[b]
let Japheth dwell in the tents of Shem;
let Canaan be Shem’s slave.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:26 As a wish or prayer; others interpret the verbs in vv. 26–27 as prophecy: Canaan will be . . .
  2. 9:27 In Hb, the name Japheth sounds like the word ‘extend.’
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