Genesis 9
1 God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth.
God blessed Noah and his sons, and told them, “Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth!
2 And the fear of you and the dread of you will be on every wild animal of the earth, and on every tame animal of the earth, and on every flying creature of the sky, and on everything that crawls on the ground, and on all the fish of the sea; into your power they are given.
All animals will be very afraid of you—this includes all the birds, all the creatures that run along the ground, and all the fish in the sea. You are in charge of them.
3 Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave the green plants, I now give you everything.
Every living creature that moves will be food for you, as well as all the green plants.
4 But flesh with its life, its blood, you shall not eat.
But do not eat meat with the lifeblood still in it.
5 And surely I will require a reckoning for your lifeblood; from every animal I will require it, and from humans. From every human being I will require it for the life of his fellow human being.
If your blood is shed by any animal, I will call it to account; and if your blood is shed by any person, I will call that person to account.
6 Whoever takes a human life, by a human will his life be taken, for God made humankind in his own image.
Whoever sheds the blood of a human being will have their blood shed by human beings. For God made human beings in his image.
7 And as for you, be fruitful and multiply, and increase abundantly on the earth, and subdue it."
Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth—have many descendants!”
8 God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
Then God told Noah and his sons who were there with him,
9 "And as for me, look, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
“Listen, I'm making my agreement with you and your descendants,
10 and with every living creature that is with you: the flying creatures, and the tame animals, and every wild animal of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ship.
and with all the animals around you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals of the earth—every animal that accompanied you on the ark.
11 I will establish my covenant with you; and all flesh will never again be cut off by the waters of the flood, neither will there ever again be a flood to destroy the earth."
In my agreement I'm promising you that I won't ever again destroy all life by means of a flood—there won't be a destructive flood like this again.”
12 God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
Then God said, “I'm going to give you a sign to confirm the agreement I'm making between me and you and all living creatures, an agreement that will last for all generations.
13 I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
I've placed my rainbow in the clouds, and this will be the sign of my agreement with you and with all life on earth.
14 It will happen, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
Whenever I make clouds form over the earth and the rainbow appears,
15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
it will remind me of my agreement between me and you and every kind of living creature that floodwaters won't ever again destroy all life.
16 The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between me and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
I will see the rainbow in the clouds and it will remind me of the eternal agreement between God and every kind of living creature that lives on the earth.”
17 God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."
Then God told Noah, “This is the sign of the agreement I'm making between me and every creature on earth.”
18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.
Noah's sons who left the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of the Canaanites.)
19 These were the three sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
All the people who are spread over the world are descended from these three sons of Noah.
20 Noah, a farmer, was the first to plant a vineyard.
Noah started to cultivate the ground as a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
21 He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
He drank some of the wine he'd produced, got drunk, and fell asleep in his tent, naked.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's private parts and went and told his two brothers who were outside.
23 Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned the other way, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
Shem and Japheth picked up a cloak and, holding it over their shoulders, walked in backwards and covered up their father's privates. They made sure to look the other way so they wouldn't see their father's privates.
24 Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
When Noah woke up from his drunken sleep, he discovered what his youngest son had done,
25 He said, "Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers."
and said, “May Canaan be cursed! He will be the lowest kind of slave and will serve his brothers!”
26 He said, "Blessed be the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
Then Noah continued, “May the Lord be blessed, the God of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave.
27 May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant."
May God give Japtheth plenty of space to accommodate his many descendants, and may they live at peace among Shem's people, and may Canaan also be his slave.”
28 Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.
Noah lived for another 350 years after the flood.
29 All the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, then he died.
Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
