9:1  AND GOD pronounced a blessing upon Noah and his sons and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

9:2  And the fear of you and the dread {and} terror of you shall be upon every beast of the land, every bird of the air, all that creeps upon the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are delivered into your hand.

9:3  Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and as I gave you the green vegetables {and} plants, I give you everything.

9:4  But you shall not eat flesh with the life of it, which is its blood.

9:5  And surely for your lifeblood I will require an accounting; from every beast I will require it; and from man, from every man [who spills another's lifeblood] I will require a reckoning.

9:6  Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God He made man.

9:7  And you, be fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.

9:8  Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,

9:9  Behold, I establish My covenant {or} pledge with you and with your descendants after you

9:10  And with every living creature that is with you--whether the birds, the livestock, or the wild beasts of the earth along with you, as many as came out of the ark--every animal of the earth.

9:11  I will establish My covenant {or} pledge with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood; neither shall there ever again be a flood to destroy the earth {and} make it corrupt.

9:12  And God said, This is the token of the covenant (solemn pledge) which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:

9:13  I set My bow [rainbow] in the cloud, and it shall be a token {or} sign of a covenant {or} solemn pledge between Me and the earth.

9:14  And it shall be that when I bring clouds over the earth and the bow [rainbow] is seen in the clouds,

9:15  I will [earnestly] remember My covenant {or} solemn pledge which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy {and} make all flesh corrupt.

9:16  When the bow [rainbow] is in the clouds and I look upon it, I will [earnestly] remember the everlasting covenant {or} pledge between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

9:17  And God said to Noah, This [rainbow] is the token {or} sign of the covenant {or} solemn pledge which I have established between Me and all flesh upon the earth.

9:18  The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan [born later].

9:19  These are the three sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was overspread {and} stocked with inhabitants.

9:20  And Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard.

9:21  And he drank of the wine and became drunk, and he was uncovered {and} lay naked in his tent.

9:22  And Ham, the father of Canaan, glanced at {and} saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.

9:23  So Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it upon the shoulders of both, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness.

9:24  When Noah awoke from his wine, and knew the thing which his youngest son had done to him,

9:25  He exclaimed, Cursed be Canaan! He shall be the servant of servants to his brethren!

9:26  He also said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! {And} blessed by the Lord my God be Shem! And let Canaan be his servant.

9:27  May God enlarge Japheth; and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.

9:28  And Noah lived after the flood 350 years.

9:29  All the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died.