26He also said, "Blessed be the Lord , the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem.


In Context

23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father's nakedness.

24 When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him,

25 he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers."

26 He also said, "Blessed be the Lord , the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem.

27 May God extend the territory of Japheth ; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave."

28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years.

Genesis 9:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:26And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:26And he said: Blessed be the Lord God of Sem, be Chanaan his servant.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:26And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:26And he said, Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26He said, |Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:26And he saith: 'Blessed of Jehovah my God is Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:26And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.