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Genesis 9:25-27
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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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  1. Genesis 9:27 Japheth sounds like the Hebrew for extend.
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Genesis 9:25-27
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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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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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  1. 9.27 In Heb Japheth resembles the verb for make space
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