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27 May God expand Japheth,[a]
    and may he dwell among the tents of Shem;
    and let Canaan be his slave.”

28 Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood. 29 The whole lifetime of Noah was nine hundred and fifty years; then he died.

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  1. 9:27 In the Hebrew text there is a play on the words yapt (“expand”) and yepet (“Japheth”).

27 May God extend Japheth’s[a] territory;(A)
    may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,(B)
    and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”

28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years. 29 Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.(C)

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