Genesis 9
1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill 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, and upon all wherewith the ground teemeth, and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered.
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 Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
4 Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
But you must not eat meat with its life—that is its blood—in it.
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, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man.
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 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man.
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 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.'
As for you, be fruitful and multiply, spread throughout the earth and multiply on it.”
8 And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying:
Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
9 'As for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you, and with your seed 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 creature that is with you, the fowl, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast 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 And I will establish My covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to 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 token of the covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature 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 have set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me 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 it shall come to pass, when I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow is seen in the cloud,
It will come about when I bring a cloud over the earth and the rainbow is seen in the cloud,
15 that 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.
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 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.'
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 unto Noah: 'This is the token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is 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 the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham 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 were the sons of Noah, and of these was the whole earth overspread.
These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
20 And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard.
Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
He drank some of the wine and became drunk. He was lying uncovered in his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
Then Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.
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.
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 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him.
When Noah awoke from his wine, he learned what his youngest son had done to him.
25 And he said: Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
So he said, “Cursed be Canaan. May he be a servant to his brothers' servants.”
26 And he said: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant.
He also said, “May Yahweh, the God of Shem, be blessed, and may Canaan be his servant.
27 God enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be their 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 Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
After the flood, Noah lived three hundred fifty years.
29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.
All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and then he died.
