And God blessed
Noah
and his sons
and said
to them, " aBe fruitful
and multiply
, and fill
the earth
.
"The fear of you and the terror
of you will be on every
beast
of the earth
and on every
bird
of the 1sky
; with everything
that creeps
on the ground
, and all
the fish
of the sea
, into your hand
they are given
.
"Every moving
thing
that is alive
shall be food
for you; I give
all
to you, aas I gave the green
plant
.
"Only you shall not eat
flesh
with its life
, that is, aits blood
.
"Surely I will require
1 ayour lifeblood
; 2 bfrom every
beast
I will require
it. And 2from every man
, 2from every
man's
brother
I will require
the life
of man
.
" aWhoever sheds man's
blood
, By man
his blood
shall be shed
, For bin the image
of God
He made
man
.
"As for you, abe fruitful and multiply
; 1Populate
the earth
abundantly
and multiply
in it."
Then God spoke
to Noah
and to his sons
with him, saying
,
"Now behold, aI Myself
do establish
My covenant
with you, and with your 1descendants
after
you;
and with every living
creature
that is with you, the birds
, the cattle
, and every
beast
of the earth
with you; of all
that comes
out of the ark
, even every
beast
of the earth
.
"I establish My covenant
with you; and all
flesh
shall anever
again
be cut
off
by the water
of the flood
, bneither
shall there again
be a flood
to destroy
the earth
."
God said
, "This
is athe sign
of the covenant
which
I am making
between
Me and you and every
living
creature
that is with you, for 1all
successive
generations
;
I set My abow
in the cloud
, and it shall be for a sign
of a covenant
between
Me and the earth
.
"It shall come about, when I bring
a cloud
over
the earth
, that the bow
will be seen
in the cloud
,
and aI will remember My covenant
, which
is between
Me and you and every
living
creature
of all
flesh
; and bnever
again
shall the water
become
a flood
to destroy
all
flesh
.
"When the bow is in the cloud
, then I will look
upon it, to remember
the aeverlasting
covenant
between
God
and every
living
creature
of all
flesh
that is on the earth
."
And God said
to Noah
, "This
is the sign
of the covenant
which
I have established
between
Me and all
flesh
that is on the earth
."
Now the sons of Noah
who came
out of the ark
were Shem
and Ham
and Japheth
; and aHam
was the father
of Canaan
.
These three
were the sons
of Noah
, and afrom these
the whole
earth
was 1populated
.
Then Noah began
1farming
and planted
a vineyard
.
He drank of the wine
and abecame
drunk
, and uncovered
himself inside
his tent
.
Ham, the father
of Canaan
, asaw
the nakedness
of his father
, and told
his two
brothers
outside
.
But Shem and Japheth
took
a garment
and laid
it upon both
their shoulders
and walked
backward
and covered
the nakedness
of their father
; and their faces
were 1turned
away
, so that they did not see
their father's
nakedness
.
When Noah awoke
from his wine
, he knew
what
his youngest
son
had done
to him.
So he said, " aCursed
be Canaan
; 1 bA servant
of servants
He shall be to his brothers
."
He also said, " aBlessed
be the LORD
, The God
of Shem
; And let Canaan
be 1his servant
.
" aMay God enlarge
Japheth
, And let him dwell
in the tents
of Shem
; And let Canaan
be 1his servant
."
Noah lived
three
hundred
and fifty
years
after
the flood
.
So all the days
of Noah
were nine
hundred
and fifty
years
, and he died
.