25 he said,

(A)“Cursed be Canaan;
    (B)a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

26 He also said,

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

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Footnotes

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

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