Genesis 9:27
God give extension to Japheth, But make his habitation in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be their servant.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 said, Blessed be Yahweh, God of Shem,—And let Canaan be their servant:
28And Noah lived after the flood,—three hundred and fifty years:
Cross References
Isaiah 11:10And there shall come to be, in that day, A root of Jesse, which shall be standing as an ensign of peoples, Unto him, shall nations seek,—And, his resting-place, shall be, glorious.
Malachi 1:11For, from the rising of the sun, even unto the going in thereof, great is my Name among the nations, and, in every place, incense, is offered to my Name, and a pure present,—for great is my Name among the nations, saith Yahweh of hosts.
Romans 11:12If, moreover, their fall, is the riches of a world, and their loss, the riches of nations, how much rather their fullness?
Ephesians 2:13But, just now, in Christ Jesus, ye, who at one time were afar off, were made nigh in the blood of the Christ;
Ephesians 3:6That they who are of the nations should be joint heirs, and a joint body, and joint partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through means of the glad-message,—
Hebrews 11:9By faith, he sojourned in the land of promise, as a foreign land, in tents, dwelling, along with Isaac and Jacob, the joint-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 →