Genesis 9:26
24 When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,
25 he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
27 May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
28 After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
- KJV
- And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
- WEB
- He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
- ASV
- And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.
- DARBY
- And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.
- BLB
- And he said, “Blessed [be] YHWH, the God of Shem! And may Canaan be a servant to him.
- ÅB
- Så sa han: Lovet være Herren, Sems Gud, og Kana'an være deres slave!
- OTB
- Han sa også: "Velsignet være Herren, Sems Gud! Måtte Kanaan være slave for Sem.
- B1930
- Så sa han: Lovet være Herren, Sems Gud, og Kana'an være deres træl!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 144:15
Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
Read in contextHebrews 11:16
Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
Read in contextGenesis 12:1–3
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
Read in contextGenesis 27:37
But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”
Read in contextLuke 3:23–36
Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,
Read in contextRomans 9:5
Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.
Read in contextGenesis 10:10–26
His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:26
“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.
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