25 Then he said:

(A)“Cursed be Canaan;
A (B)servant of servants
He shall be to his brethren.”

26 And he said:

(C)“Blessed be the Lord,
The God of Shem,
And may Canaan be his servant.
27 May God (D)enlarge Japheth,
(E)And may he dwell in the tents of Shem;
And may Canaan be his servant.”

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25 he said,

“Cursed(A) be Canaan!(B)
    The lowest of slaves
    will he be to his brothers.(C)

26 He also said,

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem!(D)
    May Canaan be the slave(E) of Shem.
27 May God extend Japheth’s[a] territory;(F)
    may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,(G)
    and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 9:27 Japheth sounds like the Hebrew for extend.

(A)The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, [a]Put, and Canaan.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:6 Or Phut