Genesis 9:27
God gives beauty to Japheth, || And he dwells in tents of Shem, || And Canaan is servant to him.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
In Context
26And he says: “Blessed of my God YHWH [is] Shem, || And Canaan is servant to him.
28And Noah lives after the flood three hundred and fifty years;
Cross References
Isaiah 11:10And there has been, in that day, || A Root of Jesse that is standing for an ensign of peoples, || Nations seek Him, || And His rest has been glorious!
Malachi 1:11For from the rising of the sun to its going in, || Great [is] My Name among nations, || And in every place incense is brought near for My Name, and a pure present, || For great [is] My Name among nations,” said YHWH of Hosts.
Romans 11:12and if their fall [is] the riches of [the] world, and their diminishment the riches of nations, how much more their fullness?
Ephesians 2:13but now, in Christ Jesus, you being once far off became near in the blood of the Christ,
Ephesians 3:6that the nations are fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,
Hebrews 11:9By faith he sojourned in the land of the promise as a strange country, having dwelt in dwelling places with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise,
Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:25-28
Noah's Prophecy. ( b. c. 2347.) 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. Here, I. Noah comes to himself: He awoke from his wine. Sleep cured him, and, we may suppose, so cured him that he never relapsed… Read the whole commentary →