Genesis 9
1 God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth.
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 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.
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 Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave the green plants, I now give you everything.
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 its life, its blood, you shall not eat.
But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.
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.
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 Whoever takes a human life, by a human will his life be taken, for God made humankind in his own image.
Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.
7 And as for you, be fruitful and multiply, and increase abundantly on the earth, and subdue it."
And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring on the earth and become great in number.
8 God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
And God said to Noah and to his sons,
9 "And as for me, look, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
Truly, I will make my agreement with you and with your seed after you,
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 every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.
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."
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 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:
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 rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of the 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 It will happen, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will 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 every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy 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 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."
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 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."
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 The sons of Noah who came out of the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.
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 were the three sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was peopled.
20 Noah, a farmer, was the first to plant a vineyard.
In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.
21 He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he was uncovered in his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father unclothed, and gave news of it to his two brothers 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.
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 Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
And, awaking from his wine, Noah saw what his youngest son had done to him, and he said,
25 He said, "Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers."
Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.
26 He said, "Blessed be the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his servant.
27 May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan 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 Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.
And Noah went on living three hundred and fifty years after the great flow of waters;
29 All the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, then he died.
all the years of his life were nine hundred and fifty: and he came to his end.
