25 he said:

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

26 He also said:

Praise the Lord, the God of Shem;
Canaan will be[a] his slave.
27 God will extend[b] Japheth;
he will dwell in the tents of Shem;
Canaan will be his slave.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 9:26 As a prophecy; others interpret the verbs in vv. 26-27 as a wish or prayer: let Canaan be . . .
  2. Genesis 9:27 In Hb, the name Japheth sounds like the word “extend.”

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