Genesis 9:27 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 9:27

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

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ASV

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

WEB

May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

YLT

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

DBT

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

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Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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Romans 15:12
And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
Romans 11:12
Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
Hebrews 11:9–10
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
Ephesians 2:13–14
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 3:6
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

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Note, It is God only that can bring those again into the church who have separated themselves from it. It is the power of God that makes the gospel of Christ effectual to salvation, Rom. i. And again, Souls are brought into the church, not by force, but by persuasion, Ps. cx.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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