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Genesis 9:27Gen.9.27

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

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Que Dieu étende les possessions de Japhet, qu'il habite dans les tentes de Sem, et que Canaan soit leur esclave!

KJV

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

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    De Sobrietate

    “ φησίν „ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ἰάφεθ, καὶ κατοικησάτω ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις τοῦ Σήμ, καὶ γενέσθω Χαναὰν δοῦλος αὐτοῖς„ (Gen. 9, 27). τοῦ ἀγαθὸν ἡγουμένου τὸ καλὸν μόνον ἔσταλται καὶ συνῆκται τὸ τέλος — ἑνὶ γὰρ μυρίων ὄντων τῶν περὶ ἡμᾶς τῷ ἡγεμόνι νῷ συνέζευκται —, τοῦ δὲ τρισὶν ἐφαρμόζοντος αὐτὸ γ…
  • Suda

    Suidae lexicon

    ι ═ P, Ba 343, 22 πλατυγίζῃ sq. Ar. Eq. 830 c. sch. 1713—αἰτιατιή ═ Synt. Laur. et Gud.; Ps. 80, 11, Gen. 9, 27 1714 sch. Soph. O C 313 — 4 1715 — καλοῦϲιν ═ P cf. H, Zon. 1555, sch. Thuc. 6, 67, 1; Herodian. ap. Et. M. 674, 47 et Theognost. An. Ox. 2, 123, 14 ὁπόταν sq. Tact. 55…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 100 (Migne)

    septuaginta duos. Inter. 143. Cur dictum est: Dilatet Deus Japhet, et habitet in tabernaculis Sem (Gen. IX, 27) ?--- Resp. De Sem Hebraei, de Japhet populus gentium nascitur. Quia igitur lata est multitudo credentium, a latitudine [Col. 0532D] [ Edit., altitudine], quae Japhet…

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