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.
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 moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you.
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 flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.
But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
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 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 man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
7 Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.”
But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
8 God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,
9 “As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants 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 was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.
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 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 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 I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
13 I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
14 When I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
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.
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 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 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 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.”
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 The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was 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 them the whole earth was populated.
20 Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.
21 He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside 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 his father’s nakedness 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.
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 Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,
25 He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”
he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
26 He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
27 May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”
May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
28 Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood.
After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.
29 All the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and then he died.
So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
