< Genesis 9 >

1 God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish 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.
And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the heaven; whatever is that moveth upon the earth, and all the fishes of the sea, are delivered into your hand.
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 moving thing that liveth shall be yours for food; even as the green herbs have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.
But flesh in which its life is, which is its blood, shall ye not eat.
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.
Your blood, however, on which your lives depend, will I require: at the hand of every beast will I require it; and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
6 Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made he man.
7 Be fruitful and multiply. Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it.”
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth, and multiply thereon.
8 God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 “As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
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 every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you, from all those that go out of the ark, for every beast of the earth.
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.”
And I will establish my covenant with you; and all flesh shall not be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there be any more a flood to destroy the earth.
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:
And 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.
13 I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
My bow I do set in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of the covenant between me and the earth.
14 When I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
And it shall come to pass, that, when I bring a cloud over the earth, and the bow shall be seen in the cloud,
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.
I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
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.”
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature, of all flesh, that is upon 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.”
And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
18 The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.
And the sons of Noah that went forth from 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 the whole earth was populated.
These three were the sons of Noah, and of them was the whole earth overspread.
20 Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
And Noah, who was a husbandman, began his work, and he planted a vineyard.
21 He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
And he drank of the wine, and became drunken; and he uncovered himself within his tent.
22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told it his two brothers without.
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.
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon the shoulders of both of them, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
24 Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
And Noah awoke from his wine, and discovered what his younger son had done unto him.
25 He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem; and Canaan shall be a servant unto them.
27 May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”
May God enlarge the boundaries of Japheth, and may he dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be a servant unto them.
28 Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.
And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29 All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and then he died.
And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.

< Genesis 9 >