Genesis 9:27

Contemporary English Version 1995

I pray God will give Japheth more and more land and let him take over the territory of Shem. May Canaan be his slave.”

Cross References

Romans 15:12

Isaiah says, “Someone from David's family will come to power. He will rule the nations, and they will put their hope in him.”

Romans 11:12

But if the rest of the world's people were helped so much by their sin and loss, they will be helped even more by their full return.

Ephesians 3:13

This is why you should not be discouraged when I suffer for you. After all, it will bring honor to you.

Ephesians 3:6

And the mystery is this: Because of Christ Jesus, the good news has given the Gentiles a share in the promises God gave to the Jews. God has also let the Gentiles be part of the same body.

Ephesians 2:19

You Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens with everyone else who belongs to the family of God.

Malachi 1:11

From dawn until dusk my name is praised by every nation on this earth, as they burn incense and offer the proper sacrifices to me.

Hosea 2:14

Israel, I, the Lord, will lure you into the desert and speak gently to you.

Isaiah 11:10

The time is coming when one of David's descendants will be the signal for the people of all nations to come together. They will follow his advice, and his own nation will become famous.

Acts 17:14

At once the followers sent Paul down to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea.

Genesis 9:28

Noah lived 350 years after the flood

Genesis 10:2

Japheth's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. They were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. Gomer was the ancestor of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. Javan was the ancestor of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim, who settled along the coast.

Genesis 27:29

Nations will be your servants and bow down to you. You will rule over your brothers, and they will kneel at your feet. Anyone who curses you will be cursed; anyone who blesses you will be blessed.”

Isaiah 66:19

by proving what I can do. I will send the survivors to Tarshish, Pul, Lud, Meshech, Tubal, Javan, and to the distant islands. I will send them to announce my wonderful glory to nations that have never heard about me.