Genesis 9

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Verse 1

Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.

Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth.

Verse 2

The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands.

All the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I have placed them in your power.

Verse 3

Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.

I have given them to you for food, just as I have given you grain and vegetables.

Verse 4

“But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.

But you must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it.

Verse 5

And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.

“And I will require the blood of anyone who takes another person’s life. If a wild animal kills a person, it must die. And anyone who murders a fellow human must die.

Verse 6

“Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God
has God made mankind.

If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings^[a] in his own image.

Verse 7

As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”

Now be fruitful and multiply, and repopulate the earth.”

Verse 8

Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him:

Then God told Noah and his sons,

Verse 9

“I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you

“I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants,

Verse 10

and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth.

and with all the animals that were on the boat with you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals—every living creature on earth.

Verse 11

I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”

Verse 12

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:

Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come.

Verse 13

I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth.

Verse 14

Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will appear in the clouds,

Verse 15

I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life.

Verse 16

Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”

When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth.”

Verse 17

So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”

The Sons of Noah

Then God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the creatures on earth.”

Noah’s Sons

Verse 18

The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)

The sons of Noah who came out of the boat with their father were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham is the father of Canaan.)

Verse 19

These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.

From these three sons of Noah came all the people who now populate the earth.

Verse 20

Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded^[a] to plant a vineyard.

After the flood, Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard.

Verse 21

When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent.

One day he drank some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent.

Verse 22

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers.

Verse 23

But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.

Then Shem and Japheth took a robe, held it over their shoulders, and backed into the tent to cover their father. As they did this, they looked the other way so they would not see him naked.

Verse 24

When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him,

When Noah woke up from his stupor, he learned what Ham, his youngest son, had done.

Verse 25

he said,

“Cursed be Canaan!
The lowest of slaves
will he be to his brothers.”

Then he cursed Canaan, the son of Ham:

“May Canaan be cursed!
May he be the lowest of servants to his relatives.”

Verse 26

He also said,

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem!
May Canaan be the slave of Shem.

Then Noah said,

“May the Lord, the God of Shem, be blessed,
and may Canaan be his servant!

Verse 27

May God extend Japheth’s^[b] territory;
may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,
and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”

May God expand the territory of Japheth!
May Japheth share the prosperity of Shem,^[b]
and may Canaan be his servant.”

Verse 28

After the flood Noah lived 350 years.

Noah lived another 350 years after the great flood.

Verse 29

Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

He lived 950 years, and then he died.