 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
 | 1799 - 76 pages
...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 - 378 pages
...son of Noah, was pathetically blessed by that patriarch, for his pious behaviour, in these terms: — "God shall enlarge Japhet, and he shall dwell in the...tents of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant." This appears to have been spokea in the spirit of prophecy, and has been fully accomplished in the great... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1803 - 320 pages
...the eldest son of Noah, 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 completed in the... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...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... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1809 - 524 pages
...many ages after they were granted, any more than the blessing on Japhet, expressed in those words, " God shall enlarge Japhet, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shom." But that Noah's posterity have such blrsnings given them through the great Redeemer, who suspends... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Sin, Original - 1808 - 402 pages
...many ages after they were granted, anymore than the blessing on Japhet, expressed in those words, " God shall enlarge Japhet, and he shall dwell in the tents of• But that Noah's posterity have such blesnings given them through the great Redeemer, who suspends and... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1810 - 432 pages
...from end to end, was 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,... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - Bible - 1810 - 410 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Horsley - Sermons, English - 1811 - 460 pages
...branches. And we will first consider Japhet's part, because it seems of the two the most explicit. " God shall enlarge Japhet, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem." The most obvious meaning of the words, I think, is this,— that the gracious purpose of Providence... | |
 | Samuel Horsley - Sermons - 1811 - 472 pages
...branches. And we will first consider Japhet's part, because it seems of the two the most explicit. " God shall enlarge Japhet, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem." The most obvious meaning of the words, I think, is this, — that the gracious purpose of Providence... | |
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