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.
And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and have increase, and make the earth full.
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.
And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every bird of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the sea, are given into your hands.
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 living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.
4 But flesh with blood of life you shall not eat.
But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.
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.
And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-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 takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.
7 But do you increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and have dominion over it.
And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring on the earth and become great in number.
8 And God spoke to Noe, and to his sons with him, saying,
And God said to Noah and to his sons,
9 And behold I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you,
Truly, I will make my agreement with you and with your seed 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 thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.
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.
And I will make my agreement with you; never again will all flesh be cut off by the waters; never again will the waters come over all the earth for its destruction.
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.
And God said, This is the sign of the agreement which I make between me and you and every living thing 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 will put my bow in the cloud and it will be for a sign of the agreement 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.
And whenever I make a cloud come over the earth, the bow will be 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.
And I will keep in mind the agreement between me and you and every living thing; and never again will there be a great flow of waters causing destruction to 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.
And the bow will be in the cloud, and looking on it, I will keep in mind the eternal agreement between God and every living thing 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.
And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the agreement which I have made between me and all flesh 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.
And the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is 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 them all the earth was peopled.
20 And Noe began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.
In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house.
And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he was 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.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father unclothed, and gave news of it to 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.
And Shem and Japheth took a robe, and putting it on their backs went in with their faces turned away, and put it over their father so that they might not see him unclothed.
24 And Noe recovered from the wine, and knew all that his younger son had done to him.
And, awaking from his wine, Noah saw what his youngest son had done to him, and he said,
25 And he said, Cursed be the servant Chanaan, a slave shall he be to his brethren.
Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.
26 And he said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shall be his bond-servant.
And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let 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 make Japheth great, and let his living-place be in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.
28 And Noe lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
And Noah went on living three hundred and fifty years after the great flow of waters;
29 And all the days of Noe were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.
all the years of his life were nine hundred and fifty: and he came to his end.
