 | 1799 - 76 pages
...Thus did Providence literally fulfil the remarkable prediction which the patriarch Noah uttered : " God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; and Canaan shall be his servant," Gen. ix. 27. II. Ham and his descendants are next mentioned, Gen. vi. 6 — 20. The name... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1802 - 408 pages
...blessed by that patriarch, for his pious behaviour, in these terms i — " God shall enlarge Japhet, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant." This appears to have been spoken in the spirit of prophecy, and has been fully accomplished... | |
 | 1814
...their sins. But we must proceed to the other branches of the prophecy. 2. Respecting Shem it is said, " Blessed be the Lord God of Shem ; and Canaan shall be his servant." How Canaan or Ham" was the servant of Shem, we have already seen. We have only, therefore,... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1803 - 320 pages
...was blessed for his dutiful behaviour to his father, in these terms: — " God shall enlarge Japhet, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant." This benediction seems to have been uttered in the spirit of prophecy, and has been fully... | |
 | Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 444 pages
..." He said, cursed be Canaan ; a servant of serw vants shall he be unto IUB brethren. And he " said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem ; and " Canaan shall be his servant." It hfis seemed to many persons extraordinary, that, as Ham was the person guilty, he should... | |
 | Laurence Howel - 1807 - 588 pages
...behaved, he rewarded their respectful attention with this blessing : " Blessedf be the Lord God of " Shem, God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in " the tents of ShemjJ and let Canaan be his Servant." We have no mention of any other ehildren Noah had, but these... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...shall be in most slavish servitude, even to his own brethren. IX. 27 God shall enlarge (or persuade) Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem . and Canaan shall be his servant. God shall persuade the posterity of Japheth, by the voice of his word, to come home into the... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 410 pages
...shall he be unto his brethren. And he said, Blessed be the LORD GOD of Shem, and Canaan .shall be hie servant. GOD shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; and Canaan shall be his servant. And Noah lived after the flopd three hundred and ,fifty years. And all the days of No.ah .were... | |
 | John Wesley - 1810 - 432 pages
...filled with high and low, rich and poor. I preached on that ancient prophecy, God shall enlarge Japhet: and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; and Canaan shall be his servant. About the middle of the discourse, while there was on every side attention still as night,... | |
 | Samuel Horsley - 1811 - 460 pages
...mankind. " Cursed be Canaan ; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. Blessed be Jehovah, God of Shem ! — and Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japhet, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant." The only explicit... | |
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And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. 
