Genesis 9
1 And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.
2 And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every bird of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the sea, are given into your hands.
The fear of you and the dread of you will be upon every living animal on the earth, upon every bird of the sky, upon everything that goes low on the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.
3 Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.
Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
4 But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.
But you must not eat meat with its life—that is its blood—in it.
5 And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man.
But for your blood, the life that is in your blood, I will require payment. From the hand of every animal I will require it. From the hand of any man, that is, from the hand of one who has murdered his brother, I will require an accounting for the life of that man.
6 Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.
Whoever sheds man's blood, by man will his blood be shed, for it was in the image of God that he made man.
7 And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring on the earth and become great in number.
As for you, be fruitful and multiply, spread throughout the earth and multiply on it.”
8 And God said to Noah and to his sons,
Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
9 Truly, I will make my agreement with you and with your seed after you,
“As for me, listen! I am going to confirm my covenant with you and with your descendants after you,
10 And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.
and with every living creature that is with you, with the birds, the livestock, and every creature of the earth with you, from all that came out of the ark, to every living creature on the earth.
11 And I will make my agreement with you; never again will all flesh be cut off by the waters; never again will the waters come over all the earth for its destruction.
I hereby confirm my covenant with you, that never again will all flesh be destroyed by the waters of a flood. Never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
12 And God said, This is the sign of the agreement which I make between me and you and every living thing with you, for all future generations:
God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
13 I will put my bow in the cloud and it will be for a sign of the agreement between me and the earth.
I have set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
14 And whenever I make a cloud come over the earth, the bow will be seen in the cloud,
It will come about when I bring a cloud over the earth and the rainbow is seen in the cloud,
15 And I will keep in mind the agreement between me and you and every living thing; and never again will there be a great flow of waters causing destruction to all flesh.
then I will call to mind my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. The waters will never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow will be in the cloud, and looking on it, I will keep in mind the eternal agreement between God and every living thing on the earth.
The rainbow will be in the clouds and I will see it, in order to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”
17 And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the agreement which I have made between me and all flesh on the earth.
Then God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have confirmed between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
18 And the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is the father of Canaan.
The sons of Noah that came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.
19 These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was peopled.
These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
20 In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.
Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
21 And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he was uncovered in his tent.
He drank some of the wine and became drunk. He was lying uncovered in his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father unclothed, and gave news of it to his two brothers outside.
Then Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.
23 And Shem and Japheth took a robe, and putting it on their backs went in with their faces turned away, and put it over their father so that they might not see him unclothed.
So Shem and Japheth took a robe and laid it upon both their shoulders, and walked backwards and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned the other way, so they did not see their father's nakedness.
24 And, awaking from his wine, Noah saw what his youngest son had done to him, and he said,
When Noah awoke from his wine, he learned what his youngest son had done to him.
25 Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.
So he said, “Cursed be Canaan. May he be a servant to his brothers' servants.”
26 And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his servant.
He also said, “May Yahweh, the God of Shem, be blessed, and may Canaan be his servant.
27 May God make Japheth great, and let his living-place be in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.
May God extend the territory of Japheth, and let him make his home in the tents of Shem. May Canaan be his servant.”
28 And Noah went on living three hundred and fifty years after the great flow of waters;
After the flood, Noah lived three hundred fifty years.
29 all the years of his life were nine hundred and fifty: and he came to his end.
All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and then he died.
