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. |