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25 So he said,

“Canaan is cursed!
    He will be the lowest slave to his brothers.
26 Praise Yahweh, the Elohim of Shem!
    Canaan will be his slave.
27 May Elohim expand the territory of Japheth.[a]
May he live in the tents of Shem.
    Canaan will be his slave.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 9:27 There is a play on words here between the Hebrew yapht (May God expand) and yepheth (Japheth).

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