Genesis 9
1 God blessed Noah and his sons, and told them, “Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth!
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
2 All animals will be very afraid of you—this includes all the birds, all the creatures that run along the ground, and all the fish in the sea. You are in charge of them.
The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
3 Every living creature that moves will be food for you, as well as all the green plants.
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
4 But do not eat meat with the lifeblood still in it.
But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
5 If your blood is shed by any animal, I will call it to account; and if your blood is shed by any person, I will call that person to account.
And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
6 Whoever sheds the blood of a human being will have their blood shed by human beings. For God made human beings in his image.
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
7 Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth—have many descendants!”
But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
8 Then God told Noah and his sons who were there with him,
Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,
9 “Listen, I'm making my agreement with you and your descendants,
“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,
10 and with all the animals around you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals of the earth—every animal that accompanied you on the ark.
and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.
11 In my agreement I'm promising you that I won't ever again destroy all life by means of a flood—there won't be a destructive flood like this again.”
And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
12 Then God said, “I'm going to give you a sign to confirm the agreement I'm making between me and you and all living creatures, an agreement that will last for all generations.
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
13 I've placed my rainbow in the clouds, and this will be the sign of my agreement with you and with all life on earth.
I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
14 Whenever I make clouds form over the earth and the rainbow appears,
Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
15 it will remind me of my agreement between me and you and every kind of living creature that floodwaters won't ever again destroy all life.
I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
16 I will see the rainbow in the clouds and it will remind me of the eternal agreement between God and every kind of living creature that lives on the earth.”
And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”
17 Then God told Noah, “This is the sign of the agreement I'm making between me and every creature on earth.”
So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”
18 Noah's sons who left the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of the Canaanites.)
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
19 All the people who are spread over the world are descended from these three sons of Noah.
These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
20 Noah started to cultivate the ground as a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.
21 He drank some of the wine he'd produced, got drunk, and fell asleep in his tent, naked.
But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's private parts and went and told his two brothers who were outside.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
23 Shem and Japheth picked up a cloak and, holding it over their shoulders, walked in backwards and covered up their father's privates. They made sure to look the other way so they wouldn't see their father's privates.
Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
24 When Noah woke up from his drunken sleep, he discovered what his youngest son had done,
When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,
25 and said, “May Canaan be cursed! He will be the lowest kind of slave and will serve his brothers!”
he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
26 Then Noah continued, “May the Lord be blessed, the God of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave.
He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
27 May God give Japtheth plenty of space to accommodate his many descendants, and may they live at peace among Shem's people, and may Canaan also be his slave.”
May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
28 Noah lived for another 350 years after the flood.
After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.
29 Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
