Genesis 9
1 God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.
God blessed Noah and his sons, and told them, “Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth!
2 The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea, are delivered into your hand.
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 you the green herb, I have given everything to you.
Every living creature that moves will be food for you, as well as all the green plants.
4 But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.
But do not eat meat with the lifeblood still in it.
5 I will surely require accounting for your life’s blood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will 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 Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man 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 Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in 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 “As for me, behold, 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 birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ship, even every animal 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 I will establish my covenant with you: All flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood. There will never 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 token 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 a 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 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 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 God 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 token 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 went out from 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 three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
All the people who are spread over the world are descended from these three sons of Noah.
20 Noah began to be a farmer, and planted 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 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, 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 backwards, and they didn’t 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 a 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 LORD, 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 fifty years, and then he died.
Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
