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 blessed Noah and his sons. And he said to them: “Increase, and multiply, and fill the earth.
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 let the fear and trembling of you be upon all the animals of the earth, and upon all the birds of the air, along with all that moves across the earth. All the fish of the sea have been delivered into your hand.
3 And every reptile which is living shall be to you for meat, I have given all things to you as the green herbs.
And everything that moves and lives will be food for you. Just as with the edible plants, I have delivered them all to you,
4 But flesh with blood of life you shall not eat.
except that flesh with blood you shall not eat.
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.
For I will examine the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast. So also, at the hand of mankind, at the hand of each man and his brother, I will examine the life of mankind.
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 will shed human blood, his blood will be poured out. For man was indeed made to the image of God.
7 But do you increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and have dominion over it.
But as for you: increase and multiply, and go forth upon the earth and fulfill it.”
8 And God spoke to Noe, and to his sons with him, saying,
To Noah and to his sons with him, God also said this:
9 And behold I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you,
“Behold, I will establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring 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 soul that is with you: as much with the birds as with the cattle and all the animals of the earth that have gone forth from the ark, and with all the wild beasts of the earth.
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.
I will establish my covenant with you, and no longer will all that is flesh be put to death by the waters of a great flood, and, henceforth, there will not be a great flood to utterly destroy the earth.”
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 pact that I grant between me and you, and to every living soul that is with you, for perpetual 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 place my arc in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the pact between myself 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 when I obscure the sky with clouds, my arc will appear in the clouds.
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 remember my covenant with you, and with every living soul that enlivens flesh. And there will no longer be waters from a great flood to wipe away all that is 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 arc will be in the clouds, and I will see it, and I will remember the everlasting covenant that was enacted between God and every living soul of all that is flesh upon 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 will be the sign of the covenant that I have established between myself and all that is flesh upon 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 so the sons of Noah, who came out of the ark, were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Now Ham himself is the father of Canaan.
19 These three are the sons of Noe, of these were men scattered over all the earth.
These three are the sons of Noah. And from these all the family of mankind was spread over the whole earth.
20 And Noe began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.
And Noah, a good farmer, began to cultivate the land, and he planted a vineyard.
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house.
And by drinking its wine, he became inebriated and was naked 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.
Because of this, when Ham, the father of Canaan, had indeed seen the privates of his father to be naked, he reported 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 truly, Shem and Japheth put a cloak upon their arms, and, advancing backwards, covered the privates of their father. And their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father’s manhood.
24 And Noe recovered from the wine, and knew all that his younger son had done to him.
Then Noah, awaking from the wine, when he had learned what his younger son had done to him,
25 And he said, Cursed be the servant Chanaan, a slave shall he be to his brethren.
he said, “Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants will he be to his brothers.”
26 And he said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shall be his bond-servant.
And he said: “Blessed be the Lord 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 enlarge Japheth, and may he live in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.”
28 And Noe lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
And after the great flood, Noah lived for three hundred and fifty years.
29 And all the days of Noe were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.
And all his days were completed in nine hundred and fifty years, and then he died.
