And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Blessed be the Lord God of Shem - rather, 'Blessed of Yahweh, my God, be Shem:' an intimation that the descendants of Shem should be specially honoured 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.