| 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...Shem ; and Canaan shall be his servant," Gen. ix. 27. II. Ham and his descendants are next mentioned, Gen. vi. 6 — 20. The name of this patriarch is... | |
| William Russell - 1801 - 522 pages
...— 27. " And Noah awoke from hit " wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him ; and hi " said, cursed be Canaan ! — a servant of servants...brethren. And he said, blessed be the Lord God of Shcm ! — and " Canaan shall be bis servant. God shall enlarge Japheth; and he shall " dviellin the... | |
| 1814
...that contained i« die twenty-fifth ajid t'wo following yerses of the eleventh chapter of Genesis : " And he said, Cursed be Canaan ; a servant of servants...be his servant ; God shall enlarge Japheth, and he slnll dwell jn the teijts of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant." There is one difficulty in this... | |
| 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... | |
| 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
...younger son had done, 10 " 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... | |
| Jacob Bryant - 1807 - 528 pages
...sensible of what his younger son had done, " " He said, cursed be Canaan ; a servant of ser" vants shall he be unto his brethren. And he " said, Blessed be the Lord God ot" Sliem; and " Canaan shall be his servant." It has seemed to many persons extraordinary, that, as... | |
| 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
...faces were backward. And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what hit .younger son had done unto him. And he said, Cursed be Canaan ; a servant of servants...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... | |
| 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,... | |
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