KJV King James Version
And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
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Genesis 9:26
And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
WEB World English Bible
He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
ASV American Standard Version
And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he saith: ‘Blessed of Jehovah my God is Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.
Surrounding context — Genesis 9
23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid [it] upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces [were] backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25 And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
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Psalm 144:15Happy [is that] people, that is in such a case: [yea], happy [is that] people, whose God [is] the LORD.Hebrews 11:16But now they desire a better [country], that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.Genesis 12:1-3Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:Deuteronomy 33:26[There is] none like unto the God of Jeshurun, [who] rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.Genesis 10:10-26And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.Genesis 27:37And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?Luke 3:23-36And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was [the son] of Heli,Romans 9:5Whose [are] the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.Genesis 27:40And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
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