Genesis 9

1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

2 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 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 you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

5 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 the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

7 But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

8 Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,

9 “Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

10 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 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 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 have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

14 Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

15 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 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 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 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 them the whole earth was populated.

20 Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

21 But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.

23 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 When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

25 he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

26 He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.

27 May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

28 After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.

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

1 ¶ And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth [upon] the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

4 But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

8 ¶ And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

9 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, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

12 ¶ And 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:

13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

15 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 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 And God said unto Noah, This [is] the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth.

18 ¶ And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham [is] the father of Canaan.

19 These [are] the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

20 And Noah began [to be] an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

23 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 saw not their father's nakedness.

24 ¶ And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

25 And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

26 And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

28 ¶ And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, saying, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

2 Let your fear and dread be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, and upon every creeping thing that moveth upon the earth; and let every fish of the sea be delivered into your hand.

3 Every thing that moveth and liveth, that shall be your meat: as the green herb have I given you all of it.

4 But eat not the flesh which is yet alive in his blood.

5 For I will also avenge the blood of your bodies, and will avenge it upon all beasts; and I will avenge the life of man upon every man that is his brother.

6 Whosoever sheddeth man's blood, his blood also shall be shed by man: for God hath made man in his own image.

7 Be fruitful, and multiply, and be active on the earth, and be multiplied.

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

9 Behold, I establish a covenant with you, and with your seed after you.

10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, and of the cattle, and of every beast that is with you upon the earth, of every beast that is gone out of the casket, whatsoever is upon the earth.

11 And establish my covenant with you, that henceforth all flesh shall no more be destroyed with the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more come a flood to destroy the earth.

12 And God said, This is the sign of the covenant which I have made between me and you, and every living creature with you for ever:

13 I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring clouds upon the earth, that my bow shall be seen in the clouds.

15 Then will I remember my covenant between me and you, and every living thing that is in all flesh, that there come no more floods to destroy all flesh.

16 Therefore shall my bow be in the clouds, that I may look upon it, and remember the everlasting covenant between GOD and every living beast in all flesh that is upon the earth.

17 God also said the same thing to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and all flesh on earth.

18 The sons of Noah, which went out of the coffer, are these: Shem, Ham, Japheth. But Ham is the father of Canaan.

19 These are the three sons of Noah, of whom all the land is occupied.

20 And Noah began, and became a husbandman, and planted vineyards.

21 And when he had drunk the wine, he was drunken, and lay uncovered in the tabernacle.

22 And when Ham the father of Canaan saw his father's shame, he told his two brethren without.

23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and put it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered their father's shame: and their faces were turned away, that they might not see their father's shame.

24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and learned what his little son had done unto him,

25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan, and be a servant of all the servants of his brethren.

26 And he said, Blessed be GOD, the LORD of Shem; and let Canaan be his servant.

27 And God shall spread out Japheth, and make him to dwell in the tents of Shem: and Canaan shall be his servant.

28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years,

29 And all his days were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.