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NASB					Gen 9:27 "^AMay God⁴³⁰ enlarge^6601a Japheth³³¹⁵, And let him dwell⁷⁹³¹ in the tents¹⁶⁸ of Shem⁸⁰³⁵; And let Canaan^3667a be ¹his servant⁵⁶⁵⁰."
AMPLIFIED 2015					Gen 9:27 "May God enlarge [the land of] Japheth, And ¹let ²him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant."

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Note that "let" in this verse represents a command, as in "Let there be light" (1:3).

The antecedent of the word "him" could be Japheth, but it could also be "God," thus making Him (the Messiah) dwell in the tents of Shem indicating the incarnation in the Semitic line.

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Gen 10:2 ¶ The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.

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Greek Heb.

168

ohel (13d); from an unused word; a tent:--home(1), owned(1), side pillar(1), tent(285), tents(56).

430

elohim (43b); pl. of 433; God, god:--divine(1), divine being(1), exceedingly(1), God(2326), god(45), God's(14), goddess(2), godly(1), gods(204), great(2), judges(3), mighty(2), rulers(1), shrine*(1).

3315

Yepheth (834d); from 6601b; a son of Noah:--Japheth(11).

3667a

Kenaan (488c); from 3665; a son of Ham, also his desc. and their land W. of the Jordan:--Canaan(90).

5650

ebed (713d); from 5647; slave, servant:--attendants(1), bondage(2), male(24), male servant(7), male servants(5), male slaves(1), officers(1), official(2), Servant(6), servant(332), servant's(4), servant*(1), servants(353), servants'(2), servants*(12), slave(25), slave's(1), slave*(4), slavery(11), slaves(19), slaves*(8).

6601a

pathah (834b); a prim. root; to be spacious, wide or open:--enlarge(1), gossip*(1).

7931

shakan or
shaken (1014d); a prim. root; to settle down, abide, dwell:--abide(1), abide*(1), abides(1), camping(1), continue(1), dwell(56), dwellers(1), dwelling(7), dwells(11), dwelt(5), establish(5), inhabitants(1), inhabited(1), lay(1), lie(1), lies down(1), live(9), lived(3), lives(1), living(1), lying down(1), nest(2), pitched(1), remain(1), remained(2), remains(1), rest(1), rested(1), set(1), settle(2), settled(3), settled down(2), stands(1), stationed(1), stay(1), staying(1).

8035

Shem (1028d); from the same as 8034; "name," oldest son of Noah:--Shem(17).

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