Genesis 9
1 And God blessed Noah and his sons. And he said to them: “Increase, and multiply, and fill the earth.
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.
2 And let the fear and trembling of you be upon all the animals of the earth, and upon all the birds of the air, along with all that moves across the earth. All the fish of the sea have been delivered into your hand.
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 everything that moves and lives will be food for you. Just as with the edible plants, I have delivered them all to you,
Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
4 except that flesh with blood you shall not eat.
But you must not eat meat with its life—that is its blood—in it.
5 For I will examine the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast. So also, at the hand of mankind, at the hand of each man and his brother, I will examine the life of mankind.
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 will shed human blood, his blood will be poured out. For man was indeed made to the image of God.
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 as for you: increase and multiply, and go forth upon the earth and fulfill it.”
As for you, be fruitful and multiply, spread throughout the earth and multiply on it.”
8 To Noah and to his sons with him, God also said this:
Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
9 “Behold, I will establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring 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 soul that is with you: as much with the birds as with the cattle and all the animals of the earth that have gone forth from the ark, and with all the wild beasts of the earth.
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 I will establish my covenant with you, and no longer will all that is flesh be put to death by the waters of a great flood, and, henceforth, there will not be a great flood to utterly destroy 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 God said: “This is the sign of the pact that I grant between me and you, and to every living soul that 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 will place my arc in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the pact between myself 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 when I obscure the sky with clouds, my arc will appear in the clouds.
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 with you, and with every living soul that enlivens flesh. And there will no longer be waters from a great flood to wipe away all that is 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 arc will be in the clouds, and I will see it, and I will remember the everlasting covenant that was enacted between God and every living soul of all that is flesh 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 Noah, “This will be the sign of the covenant that I have established between myself and all that is flesh 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 And so the sons of Noah, who came out of the ark, were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Now Ham himself 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 are the sons of Noah. And from these all the family of mankind was spread over the whole earth.
These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
20 And Noah, a good farmer, began to cultivate the land, and he planted a vineyard.
Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
21 And by drinking its wine, he became inebriated and was naked in his tent.
He drank some of the wine and became drunk. He was lying uncovered in his tent.
22 Because of this, when Ham, the father of Canaan, had indeed seen the privates of his father to be naked, he reported 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 truly, Shem and Japheth put a cloak upon their arms, and, advancing backwards, covered the privates of their father. And their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father’s manhood.
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 Then Noah, awaking from the wine, when he had learned what his younger son had done to him,
When Noah awoke from his wine, he learned what his youngest son had done to him.
25 he said, “Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants will he be to his brothers.”
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 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 enlarge Japheth, and may he live 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 after the great flood, Noah lived for three hundred and fifty years.
After the flood, Noah lived three hundred fifty years.
29 And all his days were completed in nine hundred and fifty years, and then he died.
All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and then he died.
