# Genesis 9.27

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**Book:** [Genesis](/codex/genesis/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 25. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26. And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.
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> **27. God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.**
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> 28. And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29. And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: And he died. (Genesis 9:25-29, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 25. He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.” 26. He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
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> **27. May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”**
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> 28. Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood. 29. All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and then he died. (Genesis 9:25-29, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 25. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26. And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. <sup>his servant: or, servant to them</sup>
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> **27. God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. <sup>enlarge: or, persuade</sup>**
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> 28. And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29. And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. (Genesis 9:25-29, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 25. and saith: 'Cursed [is] Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.' 26. And he saith: 'Blessed of Jehovah my God [is] Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.
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> **27. God doth give beauty to Japheth, And he dwelleth in tents of Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.'**
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> 28. And Noah liveth after the deluge three hundred and fifty years; 29. and all the days of Noah are nine hundred and fifty years, and he dieth. (Genesis 9:25-29, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Curse of Ham Objection Defeater](/codex/curse-of-ham-objection-defeater/), via [Genesis 9.20-27](/codex/genesis-9-20-27/), [Genesis 9.25-27](/codex/genesis-9-25-27/)

**Concepts:**

- [Hebrew Verbs for Sexual Contact](/codex/hebrew-verbs-for-sexual-contact/)

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## Notes

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.