Dialogue with Trypho 139.3
Summary: Gen 9:24–27: Japheth (the Romans) now dwells in the tents of Shem.
Greek text · Archambault 2:298–300
Καὶ ὅτι οὕτω γέγονεν, ἀκούσατε. Ὑμεῖς γάρ, οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ Σὴμ κατάγοντες τὸ γένος, ἐπήλθετε κατὰ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ βουλὴν τῇ γῇ τῶν υἱῶν Χαναὰν καὶ διακατέσχετε αὐτήν. Καὶ ὅτι οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰάφεθ, κατὰ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ κρίσιν ἐπελθόντες καὶ αὐτοὶ ὑμῖν, ἀφείλοντο ὑμῶν τὴν γῆν καὶ διακατέσχον αὐτήν, φαίνεται. Εἴρηται δὲ ταῦτα οὕτως· Ἐξένηψε δὲ Νῶε ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴνου, καὶ ἔγνω ὅσα ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ νεώτερος. Καὶ εἶπεν· Ἐπικατάρατος Χαναὰν παῖς, οἰκέτης ἔσται τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ. Καὶ εἶπεν· Εὐλογητὸς κύριος, ὁ θεὸς Σήμ, καὶ ἔσται Χαναὰν παῖς αὐτοῦ. Πλατύναι κύριος τῷ Ἰάφεθ, καὶ κατοικησάτω ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις Σήμ, καὶ γενηθήτω Χαναὰν παῖς αὐτοῦ.
English · Claude translation
“And hear that it came about so. For you, who trace your race from Shem, came upon the land of the sons of Canaan according to the will of God and took possession of it. And it is plain that the sons of Japheth, coming upon you in their turn according to the judgment of God, have taken your land from you and possess it. And these things were spoken thus: ‘And Noah awoke from the wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him. And he said: Cursed be Canaan, a servant; he shall be a slave to his brothers. And he said: Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem, and Canaan shall be his servant. May the Lord enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the houses of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.’
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- Justin identifies the Romans, who now hold Judea, as the sons of Japheth.
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Justin, Dial. 139.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/139/3/).
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Justin, Dial. 139.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/139/3/).
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