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25 So he said,

(A)Cursed be Canaan;
[a](B)A servant of servants
He shall be to his brothers.”

26 And he said,

(C)Blessed be Yahweh,
The God of Shem;
And let Canaan be [b]his servant.
27 (D)May God enlarge Japheth,
And let him dwell in the tents of Shem;
And let Canaan be [c]his servant.”

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  1. Genesis 9:25 The lowest of servants
  2. Genesis 9:26 Or their
  3. Genesis 9:27 Or their

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.

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

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  1. Genesis 10:6 Or Egypt