Genesis 9 (ENGLEE)

1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

2And 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.The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.

3Every moving thing that liveth shall be yours for food; even as the green herbs have I given you all things.Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

4But flesh in which its life is, which is its blood, shall ye not eat.But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

5Your 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.And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

6Whoso 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 man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth, and multiply thereon.But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

8And God spoke unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,

9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;“Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

10And 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.and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.

11And 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.And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

12And 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 sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:

13My bow I do set in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of the covenant between me and the earth.I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

14And it shall come to pass, that, when I bring a cloud over the earth, and the bow shall be seen in the cloud,Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,

15I 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.I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

16And 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.And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”

17And 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.So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”

18And the sons of Noah that went forth from the ark, were Shem, Ham and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan.The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.

19These three were the sons of Noah, and of them was the whole earth overspread.These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

20And Noah, who was a husbandman, began his work, and he planted a vineyard.Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

21And he drank of the wine, and became drunken; and he uncovered himself within his tent.But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told it his two brothers without.And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.

23And 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.Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

24And Noah awoke from his wine, and discovered what his younger son had done unto him.When Noah awoke from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

26And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem; and Canaan shall be a servant unto them.He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.

27May God enlarge the boundaries of Japheth, and may he dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be a servant unto them.May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

28And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.

29And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

Genesis 9

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Genesis 9

The Covenant of the Rainbow

Noah’s Shame and Canaan’s Curse

Shem’s Blessing and Noah’s Death

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