Genesis 9
1 So God blessed Noah and his sons, —and said to them Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth;
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
2 and let the fear of you and the dread of you be upon every living creature of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, —over everything that moveth along on the ground, and over all the fishes of the sea, —into your hand, have they been given.
The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
3 As for every moving thing that hath life, yours, shall it be, for food, —Like the green herb, have I given you all things.
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
4 Yet flesh with the life thereof, the blood thereof, shall ye not eat;
But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
5 And surely your blood, of your lives, will I require, From the hand of every living creature, will I require it, —and from the hand of man From the hand of each one’s brother, will I require the life of man:
And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
6 He that sheddeth man’s blood, by man, shall his blood be shed, —For, in the image of God, made he man.
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
7 Ye, therefore, be fruitful and multiply, swarm in the earth and multiply therein.
But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
8 And God spake unto Noah, and unto his sons with him saying:
Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,
9 I, therefore, behold me! establishing my covenant with you, —and with your seed after you;
“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,
10 and with every living soul that is with you, of birds, of tame-beasts and of all wild-beasts of the earth that are with you, —of all coming forth out of the ark, even to all wild-beasts of the earth;
and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.
11 yea, I will establish my covenant with you, so that all flesh shall not be cut off any more, by reason of the waters of a flood, —neither shall there be any more a flood to destroy the earth.
And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
12 And God said, This, is the sign of the covenant which I am granting betwixt me and you, and every living soul that is with you, —to age-abiding generations: —
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
13 My bow, have I set in the cloud, —and it shall be for a sign of a covenant, betwixt me and the earth;
I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
14 and it shall be when I draw a veil of cloud over the earth, —and the bow in the cloud appeareth,
Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
15 then will I remember my covenant which is betwixt me and you, and every living soul among all flesh, —that the waters may no more become a flood, to destroy all flesh:
I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
16 so the bow shall be in the cloud, —and I will behold it, to remember an age-abiding covenant, between God, and every living soul among all flesh that is on the earth.
And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”
17 And God said unto Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which have established, between me and all flesh that is on the earth.
So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”
18 And the sons of Noah who came forth out of the ark, were—Shem and Ham and Japheth, —now, Ham, was the father of Canaan.
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
19 These three, were the sons of Noah, —and from these, was all the earth overspread.
These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
20 And Noah began to be a husbandman, —so he planted a vineyard:
Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.
21 and dank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself in the midst of his tent.
But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
22 And Ham the father of Canaan saw his father’s shame, —and told his two brethren outside.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
23 And Shem and Japheth took a mantle, and put it on the shoulder of them both and went backwards, and covered the shame of their father, but their faces were backwards, and the shame of their father, saw they not.
Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, —and came to know what his youngest son had done to him.
When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,
25 And he said, Accursed be Canaan, —a servant of servants, shall he be to his brethren!
he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
26 And he said, Blessed be Yahweh, God of Shem, —And let Canaan be their servant:
He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
27 God give extension to Japheth, But make his habitation in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be their servant.
May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
28 And Noah lived after the flood, —three hundred and fifty years:
After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.
29 so, all the days of Noah, were—nine hundred and fifty years, —and he died.
So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
