Genesis 9:27 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

May God expand the territory of Japheth. May he live in the tents of Shem. Canaan will be his slave." (GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.

BBE:

May God make Japheth great, and let his living-place be in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.

DBY:

Let God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.

ERV:

God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant."

YLT:

God doth give beauty to Japheth, And he dwelleth in tents of Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.'

Genesis 9:27 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.

Isaiah 66:19 "I will set a sign among them and will send survivors from them to the nations: Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Rosh, Tubal and Javan, to the distant coastlands that have neither heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they will declare My glory among the nations. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

9:27 God shall {t} enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
(t) He declares that the Gentiles, who came from Japheth, and were separated from the Church, should be joined to the same by the persuasion of God's Spirit, and preaching of the gospel.

WES:

9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem - His seed shall be so numerous and so victorious, that they shall be masters of the tents of Shem, which was fulfilled when the people of the Jews, the most eminent of Shem's race, were tributaries to the Grecians first, and after to the Romans, both of Japhet's seed. This also speaks the conversion of the Gentiles, and the bringing of them into the church; and then we should read it, God shall persuade Japheth; (for so the word signifies) and being so persuaded, he shall dwell in the tents of Shem - That is, Jews and Gentiles shall be united together in the gospel - fold: after many of the Gentiles shall have been proselyted to the Jewish religion, both shall be one in Christ, Eph 2:14,15. When Japheth joins with Shem, Canaan falls before them both: when strangers become friends, enemies become servants.

MHC:

9:24-29 Noah declares a curse on Canaan, the son of Ham; perhaps this grandson of his was more guilty than the rest. A servant of servants, that is, The meanest and most despicable servant, shall he be, even to his brethren. This certainly points at the victories in after-times obtained by Israel over the Canaanites, by which they were put to the sword, or brought to pay tribute. The whole continent of Africa was peopled mostly by the descendants of Ham; and for how many ages have the better parts of that country lain under the dominion of the Romans, then of the Saracens, and now of the Turks! In what wickedness, ignorance, barbarity, slavery, and misery most of the inhabitants live! And of the poor negroes, how many every year are sold and bought, like beasts in the market, and conveyed from one quarter of the world to do the work of beasts in another! But this in no way excuses the covetousness and barbarity of those who enrich themselves with the product of their sweat and blood. God has not commanded us to enslave negroes; and, without doubt, he will severely punish all such cruel wrongs. The fulfilment of this prophecy, which contains almost a history of the world, frees Noah from the suspicion of having uttered it from personal anger. It fully proves that the Holy Spirit took occasion from Ham's offence to reveal his secret purposes. Blessed be the Lord God of Shem. The church should be built up and continued in the posterity of Shem; of him came the Jews, who were, for a great while, the only professing people God had in the world. Christ, who was the Lord God, in his human nature should descend from Shem; for of him, as concerning the flesh, Christ came. Noah also blesses Japheth, and, in him, the isles of the gentiles that were peopled by his seed. It speaks of the conversion of the gentiles, and the bringing of them into the church. We may read it, God shall persuade Japheth, and being persuaded, he shall dwell in the tents of Shem. Jews and gentiles shall be united together in the gospel fold; both shall be one in Christ. Noah lived to see two worlds; but being an heir of the righteousness which is by faith, he now rests in hope, waiting to see a better than either.

CONC:

Beauty Bondman Canaan Dwell Dwelleth Enlarge Japheth Living-place Servant Shem Slave Tents Territory

Beauty Bondman Canaan Dwell Dwelleth Enlarge Extend Great Japheth Live Servant Shem Slave Tents Territory

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