2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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If you can, format these verses as they are formatted here to show your readers that this is poetry.
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2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
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## May Yahweh...be blessed ##
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This can also be translated as "Praised be Yahweh" or "Yahweh is worthy of praise" or "I praise Yahweh" (UDB).
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2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
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## May Canaan be his servant ##
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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"And let Canaan be Shem's servant." This includes Canaan's and Shem's descendants.
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## May God enlarge Japheth ##
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Possible meanings are 1) "May God make Japheth's territory larger" (UDB) or 2) "May God cause Japheth to have many descendants."
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## And let him dwell in the tents of Shem ##
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This can be translated as "And let him leave peacefully with Shem." This includes Japheth's and Shem's descendants.
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2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
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## May Canaan be his servant ##
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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"Let Canaan be Japheth's servant." This includes Canaan's and Japheth's descendants.
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