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Genesis 9:25-27
GOD’S WORD Translation
Genesis 9:25-27
GOD’S WORD Translation
25 So he said,
“Canaan is cursed!
He will be the lowest slave to his brothers.
26 Praise the Lord, the God of Shem!
Canaan will be his slave.
27 May God expand the territory of Japheth.[a]
May he live in the tents of Shem.
Canaan will be his slave.”
Footnotes
- 9:27 There is a play on words here between the Hebrew yapht (May God expand) and yepheth (Japheth ).
GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
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