Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He also said, “Praise be to the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. New Living Translation Then Noah said, “May the LORD, the God of Shem, be blessed, and may Canaan be his servant! English Standard Version He also said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be his servant. Berean Standard Bible He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem. King James Bible And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. New King James Version And he said: “Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem, And may Canaan be his servant. New American Standard Bible He also said, “Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem; And may Canaan be his servant. NASB 1995 He also said, “Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant. NASB 1977 He also said, “Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant. Legacy Standard Bible And he said, “Blessed be Yahweh, The God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant. Amplified Bible He also said, “Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant. Christian Standard Bible He also said: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; Let Canaan be Shem’s slave. Holman Christian Standard Bible He also said: Praise the LORD, the God of Shem; Canaan will be his slave. American Standard Version And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant. Contemporary English Version I ask the LORD my God to bless Shem and make Canaan his slave. English Revised Version And he said, Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant. GOD'S WORD® Translation Praise the LORD, the God of Shem! Canaan will be his slave. Good News Translation Give praise to the LORD, the God of Shem! Canaan will be the slave of Shem. International Standard Version He also said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave. Majority Standard Bible He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem. NET Bible He also said, "Worthy of praise is the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem! New Heart English Bible He said, "Blessed be the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant. Webster's Bible Translation And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. World English Bible He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd he says: “Blessed of my God YHWH [is] Shem, "" And Canaan is servant to him. Young's Literal Translation And he saith: 'Blessed of Jehovah my God is Shem, And Canaan is servant to him. Smith's Literal Translation And he will say, Praised Jehovah, God of Shem; Canaan shall be servant to him. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd he said: Blessed be the Lord God of Sem, be Chanaan his servant. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said: “Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, let Canaan be his servant. New American Bible He also said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! Let Canaan be his slave. New Revised Standard Version He also said, “Blessed by the LORD my God be Shem; and let Canaan be his slave. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThen he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and let Canaan be his servant. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he said, “LORD JEHOVAH the God of Sheem is blessed and Canaan will be a Servant to them. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And he said: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be their servant. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shall be his bond-servant. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Shem's Blessing and Noah's Death26He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem. 27May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”… Cross References Genesis 12:3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” Galatians 3:8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” Romans 9:4-5 the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises. / Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen. Acts 3:25 And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’ Isaiah 54:1-3 “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD. / “Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep. / For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities. Psalm 72:17 May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed. Luke 1:54-55 He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful, / as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.” Hebrews 11:9 By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. Matthew 1:1-2 This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: / Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Romans 4:13 For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. Genesis 22:18 And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” Genesis 28:14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. Acts 13:32-33 And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers / He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’ Galatians 3:16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ. Genesis 49:10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his. Treasury of Scripture And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Blessed. Deuteronomy 33:26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. Psalm 144:15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. Romans 9:5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. the Lord. Genesis 10:10-26 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar… Genesis 12:1-3 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: … Luke 3:23-36 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, … Sem. Hebrews 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. his servant. Genesis 27:37,40 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? … Jump to Previous Blessed Bondman Canaan Praise Servant Shem SlaveJump to Next Blessed Bondman Canaan Praise Servant Shem SlaveGenesis 9 1. God blesses Noah and his sons, and grants them flesh for food.4. Blood and murder are forbidden. 8. God's covenant, of which the rainbow was constituted a pledge. 18. Noah's family replenishes the world. 20. Noah plants a vineyard, 21. Is drunken, and mocked by his son; 25. Curses Canaan; 26. Blesses Shem; 27. Prays for Japheth, and dies. He also said This phrase indicates a continuation of Noah's prophetic declarations over his sons. The context is post-flood, where Noah, having emerged from the ark, is setting the stage for the future of his descendants. The Hebrew word for "said" is "אָמַר" (amar), which often implies a solemn or significant pronouncement. This is not merely a casual statement but a prophetic utterance with lasting implications. Blessed be the LORD the God of Shem May Canaan be the slave of Shem Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He also declared:וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “Blessed בָּר֥וּךְ (bā·rūḵ) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse [be] the LORD, יְהֹוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the God אֱלֹ֣הֵי (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Shem! שֵׁ֑ם (šêm) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8035: Shem -- 'name', oldest son of Noah May Canaan כְנַ֖עַן (ḵə·na·‘an) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3667: Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan be וִיהִ֥י (wî·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be the servant עֶ֥בֶד (‘e·ḇeḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant of [Shem]. לָֽמוֹ׃ (lā·mōw) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 3926: To or foreign Links Genesis 9:26 NIVGenesis 9:26 NLT Genesis 9:26 ESV Genesis 9:26 NASB Genesis 9:26 KJV Genesis 9:26 BibleApps.com Genesis 9:26 Biblia Paralela Genesis 9:26 Chinese Bible Genesis 9:26 French Bible Genesis 9:26 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 9:26 He said Blessed be Yahweh the God (Gen. 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