27May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.|


In Context

24 Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.

25 He said, |Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers.|

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

27 May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.|

28 Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.

29 All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, then he died.

Genesis 9:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:27May God extend the territory of Japheth ; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:27May God enlarge Japheth, and may he dwell in the tents of Sem, and Chanaan be his servant.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:27God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:27Let God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:27God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:27God doth give beauty to Japheth, And he dwelleth in tents of Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.