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Ge 9:26 Strong Concordance And he said [0559], Blessed [01288] be the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Shem [08035]; and Canaan [03667] shall be [01961] his servant [05650].
  King James And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Blessed be the Lord God of Shem--rather, "Blessed of Jehovah, my God, be Shem,"--an intimation that the descendants of Shem should be peculiarly honored in the service of the true God, His Church being for ages established among them (the Jews), and of them, concerning the flesh, Christ came. They got possession of Canaan, the people of that land being made their "servants" either by conquest, or, like the Gibeonites, by submission [Jos 9:25].
 
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25 And now, behold, we [02009] are in thine hand [03027]: as it seemeth [05869] good [02896] and right [03477] unto thee to do [06213] unto us, do [06213].
20 And of Gad [01410] he said [0559], Blessed [01288] be he that enlargeth [07337] Gad [01410]: he dwelleth [07931] as a lion [03833], and teareth [02963] the arm [02220] with [0637] the crown of the head [06936].
16 But [1161] now [3570] they desire [3713] a better [2909] country, that is [5123], an heavenly [2032]: wherefore [1352] God [2316] is [1870] not [3756] ashamed [1870] [846] to be called [1941] their [846] God [2316]: for [1063] he hath prepared [2090] for them [846] a city [4172].