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Genesis 9:27

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God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

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  1. Genesis 9:25

    And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

  2. Genesis 9:26

    And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

  3. Genesis 9:28

    And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

  4. Genesis 9:29

    And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.