Genesis 9:25-27

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁵he said,

“Cursed be Canaan;
a slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers.”

²⁶He also said,

“Blessed by the Lord my God be Shem;^[a]
    and let Canaan be his slave.
²⁷God enlarge Japheth,
    and let him dwell in the tents of Shem;
    and let Canaan be his slave.”

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Footnotes

Genesis 9:26 Or Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem

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