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