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Genesis 9:26
He also declared:
from Shem’s Blessing and Noah’s Death, Genesis 9:26-29
What it says

Noah blesses the Lord, the God of Shem, and says Canaan will be Shem’s servant.

What it is doing

It begins the blessing that sets Shem in a favored position.

In context

26He also declared: 27May God expand the territory of Japheth; 28After the flood, Noah lived 350 years. 29So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.