Genesis 9
1 So 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 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.
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 As for every moving thing that hath life, yours, shall it be, for food, —Like the green herb, have I given you all things.
Every living creature that moves will be food for you, as well as all the green plants.
4 Yet flesh with the life thereof, the blood thereof, shall ye not eat;
But do not eat meat with the 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:
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 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 a human being will have their blood shed by human beings. For God made human beings in his image.
7 Ye, therefore, be fruitful and multiply, swarm in the earth and multiply therein.
Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth—have many descendants!”
8 And God spake unto Noah, and unto his sons with him saying:
Then God told Noah and his sons who were there with him,
9 I, therefore, behold me! establishing my covenant with you, —and with your seed after you;
“Listen, I'm making my agreement with you and your descendants,
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 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 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.
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 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: —
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 My bow, have I set in the cloud, —and it shall be for a sign of a covenant, betwixt 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 and it shall be when I draw a veil of cloud over the earth, —and the bow in the cloud appeareth,
Whenever I make clouds form over the earth and the rainbow appears,
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:
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 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.
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 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.
Then God told Noah, “This is the sign of the agreement I'm making between me and every creature on 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.
Noah's sons who left the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of the Canaanites.)
19 These three, were the sons of Noah, —and from these, was all the earth overspread.
All the people who are spread over the world are descended from these three sons of Noah.
20 And Noah began to be a husbandman, —so he planted a vineyard:
Noah started to cultivate the ground as a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
21 and dank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself in the midst of 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’s shame, —and told his two brethren outside.
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's private parts and went and told his two brothers who were 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.
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 And Noah awoke from his wine, —and came to know 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 And he said, Accursed be Canaan, —a servant of servants, shall he be to his brethren!
and said, “May Canaan be cursed! He will be the lowest kind of slave and will serve his brothers!”
26 And he said, Blessed be Yahweh, God of Shem, —And let Canaan be their servant:
Then Noah continued, “May the Lord be blessed, the God of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave.
27 God give extension to Japheth, But make his habitation in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be their 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 And Noah lived after the flood, —three hundred and fifty years:
Noah lived for another 350 years after the flood.
29 so, all the days of Noah, were—nine hundred and fifty years, —and he died.
Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
