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1 God
blessed Noah and
his sons, and said
to them, “Be
fruitful, 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.
3 Every
moving thing that
lives will be food
for you. As
I gave you
the green herb,
I have given
everything to you.
4 But
flesh with its
life, that is,
its blood, you
shall 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.
6 Whoever
sheds man’s blood,
his blood will
be shed by man,
for God made man
in his own image.
7 Be fruitful
and multiply.
Increase abundantly
in the earth, and
multiply in it.”
8 God spoke to
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,
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.
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.”
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:
13 I
set my rainbow
in the cloud,
and it will
be a sign of
a covenant between
me and the earth.
14 When
I bring a
cloud over
the earth, that
the rainbow will
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.
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.”
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.”
18 The
sons of Noah
who went out
from the ship
were Shem, Ham,
and Japheth. Ham
is the father
of Canaan.
19 These
three were the
sons of Noah,
and from these
the whole earth
was populated.
20 Noah
began to be
a farmer, and
planted a vineyard.
21 He
drank of the
wine and got drunk.
He was uncovered
within his tent.
22 Ham,
the father of
Canaan, saw the
nakedness of
his father, and
told his
two brothers 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.
24 Noah
awoke from his
wine, and knew
what his youngest
son had done
to him.
25 He said,
“Canaan is cursed.
He will be a
servant of
servants to
his brothers.”
26 He said,
“Blessed be the
LORD, the God
of Shem.
Let Canaan be
his servant.
27 May God
enlarge Japheth.
Let him dwell
in the tents of
Shem.
Let Canaan be
his servant.”
28 Noah
lived three
hundred fifty
years after the
flood.
29 All
the days of
Noah were nine
hundred fifty
years, and then
he died.