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Genesis 9:25-27
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25 he said,

“Cursed be Canaan;
    lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers.”(A)

26 He also said,

“Blessed by the Lord my God be Shem,
    and let Canaan be his slave.(B)
27 May God make space for Japheth,[a]
    and let him live in the tents of Shem,
    and let Canaan be his slave.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 9.27 In Heb Japheth resembles the verb for make space
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