< Genesis 9 >

1 God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth.
2 The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand.
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, with all with which the ground teems, and all the fishes of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
3 Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. As the green herb, I have given you all.
4 But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.
But flesh with the life of it, which is the blood of it, ye shall not eat.
5 I will surely require accounting for your life’s blood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.
And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, I will require. At the hand of every beast I will require it. And at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.
6 Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. For in the image of God he made man.
7 Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.”
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply. Bring forth abundantly on the earth, and multiply on it.
8 God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
And God spoke to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 “As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you,
10 and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ship, even every animal of the earth.
and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.
11 I will establish my covenant with you: All flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood. There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”
And I will establish my covenant with you. Neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood, nor shall there be a flood any more to destroy the earth.
12 God said, “This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
And God said, This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13 I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
14 When I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud.
15 I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”
And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
17 God said to Noah, “This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”
And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
18 The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.
And the sons of Noah, who went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth. And Ham is the father of Canaan.
19 These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was spread over.
20 Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
And Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
21 He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken. And he was uncovered within his tent.
22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
23 Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness.
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
24 Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
25 He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”
And he said, Cursed be Canaan. He shall be a servant of servants to his brothers.
26 He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem. And let Canaan be his servant.
27 May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”
God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem. And let Canaan be his servant.
28 Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.
And Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood.
29 All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and then he died.
And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.

< Genesis 9 >