Genesis 9:27
God doth give beauty to Japheth, And he dwelleth in tents of Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.'
Young's Literal Translation
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 saith: 'Blessed of Jehovah my God [is] Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.
28And Noah liveth after the deluge three hundred and fifty years;
Cross References
Isaiah 11:10And there hath been, in that day, A root of Jesse that is standing for an ensign of peoples, Unto him do nations seek, And his rest hath been — honour!
Malachi 1:11For, from the rising of the sun to its going in, Great [is] My name among nations, And in every place perfume is brought nigh to My name, and a pure present, For great [is] My name among nations, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
Romans 11:12and if the fall of them [is] the riches of a world, and the diminution of them the riches of nations, how much more the fulness of them?
Ephesians 2:13and now, in Christ Jesus, ye being once afar off became nigh in the blood of the Christ,
Ephesians 3:6that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,
Hebrews 11:9by faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt 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 →