 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.  The Metropolitan - Page 1941831Full view - About this book
 | William Drayton - Abolitionists - 1836 - 324 pages
...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." Gen. ix. 25, 26, 27. Thus when there was but one family on the face of the earth, a portion... | |
 | Alexander Keith - Apologetics - 1836 - 294 pages
...once almost master of Rome and of Europe, was forced to yield to, and to own the fate of Carthage.* " God shall enlarge Japhet, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem." Some of the ablest interpreters of prophecy, of a former age, conceived that this prediction was fulfilled,... | |
 | Joseph Guy (of Bristol.) - 1836 - 340 pages
...was the eldest, and the patriarch pronounced a btessmg'upon him, saying, " God shall enlarge Japhet, he shall dwell in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shall be his SttVant." Concerning the posterity of Ham, he said, "Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants shall... | |
 | George Redford - Bible - 1837 - 702 pages
...said, Cursed be Canaan : a servant of servants shall I-ECT. n. he be unto his brethren.* And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem ; and Canaan shall...dwell in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant." Canaan is the particular object of the curse, but it seems from the whole narrative, that... | |
 | Southern farmer - Slavery - 1837 - 86 pages
...the present period, the dying but prophetic words of the Patriarch Noah, " God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; and Canaan shall be his servant." t But " this distinction between the creatures of a just and merciful creator," is said to... | |
 | Frederick Freeman - African Americans - 1837 - 364 pages
...brethren. 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." ' That,' observed Mr. L., ' is truly a remarkable prophecy. It is supposed, by Commentators,... | |
 | John Leland - Apologetics - 1837 - 784 pages
...said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shern, 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." It is acknowledged, that there is a considerable difficulty in this passage. And if we were... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1838 - 332 pages
...: Blessed be the Lord God of Shera • And Canaan shall be his servant : God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem, And Canaan...among the ancient patriarchs : — " God shall enlarge Japheth, • And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem. u But these lines are more striking, as exhibiting... | |
 | William Fleming - 1838 - 612 pages
...the fate of his posterity — Gen. ix. 25, " Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. Blessed be the Lord God of Shem ; and...dwell in the tents of Shem ; and Canaan shall be his servant." We are enabled to judge of the meaning and accomplishment of this prediction, by the particular... | |
 | Clement Carlyon - 1838 - 320 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....dwell in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant." " The only explicit part of this prophecy," Bishop Horsley remarks, " is the curse upon Canaan,... | |
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