Genesis 9
1 And God blessed Noe and his sons, and said to them, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and have dominion over it.
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.
2 And the dread and the fear of you shall be upon all the wild beasts of the earth, on all the birds of the sky, and on all things moving upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea, I have placed them under your power.
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 And every reptile which is living shall be to you for meat, I have given all things to you as the green herbs.
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 blood of life you shall not eat.
But you must not eat meat with its life—that is its blood—in it.
5 For your blood of your lives will I require at the hand of all wild beasts, and I will require the life of man at the hand 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 He that sheds man's blood, instead of that blood shall his own be shed, for in the image of God I made man.
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 But do you increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and have dominion over it.
As for you, be fruitful and multiply, spread throughout the earth and multiply on it.”
8 And God spoke to Noe, and to his sons with him, saying,
Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And behold I establish my covenant 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 creature with you, of birds and of beasts, and with all the wild beasts of the earth, as many as are with you, of all that come out of the ark.
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 establish my covenant with you and all flesh shall not any more die by the water of the flood, and there shall no more be a flood of water to destroy all the earth.
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 the Lord God said to Noe, This [is] the sign of the covenant which I set between me and you, and between every living creature which is with you for perpetual 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 set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of covenant 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 it shall be when I gather clouds upon the earth, that my bow shall 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 remember my covenant, which is between me and you, and between every living soul in all flesh, and there shall no longer be water for a deluge, so as to blot out 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 my bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look to remember the everlasting covenant between me and the earth, and between [every] living soul in all flesh, which is upon 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 Noe, This [is] the sign of the covenant, which I have made between me and all flesh, which is upon 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 Now the sons of Noe which came out of the ark, were Sem, Cham, Japheth. And Cham was father of Chanaan.
The sons of Noah that came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.
19 These three are the sons of Noe, of these were men scattered over all the earth.
These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
20 And Noe began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.
Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house.
He drank some of the wine and became drunk. He was lying uncovered in his tent.
22 And Cham the father of Chanaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he went out and told his two brothers without.
Then Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.
23 And Sem and Japheth having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face [was] backward, and they saw not the nakedness of their father.
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 Noe recovered from the wine, and knew all that his younger son had done to him.
When Noah awoke from his wine, he learned what his youngest son had done to him.
25 And he said, Cursed be the servant Chanaan, a slave shall he be to his brethren.
So he said, “Cursed be Canaan. May he be a servant to his brothers' servants.”
26 And he said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shall be his bond-servant.
He also said, “May Yahweh, the God of Shem, be blessed, and may Canaan be his servant.
27 May God make room for Japheth, and let him dwell in the habitations of Sem, and let Chanaan 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 Noe lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
After the flood, Noah lived three hundred fifty years.
29 And all the days of Noe were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.
All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and then he died.
