2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every animal of the earth and upon every fowl of the heavens, upon all that moves upon the earth and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand they are delivered.

3Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; even as the green grass I have given you all things.

4But flesh with the soul (or life) thereof, which is its blood, ye shall not eat.

5For surely your blood which is your souls I will require; at the hand of every animal I will require it and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother I will require the soul (or life) of man.

6Whoever sheds man’s blood in man, his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God is man made.

7And you, be ye fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth and multiply therein.

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

9Behold that I establish my covenant with you and with your seed after you

10and with every living soul that is with you, of the fowl, of the animals, and of every beast of the earth with you, from all that go out of the ark to every animal of the earth,

11that I will establish my covenant with you, that all flesh shall not be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

12¶ And God said, This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living soul that is with you, for perpetual ages:

13I set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.

14And it shall come to pass when I bring clouds over the earth, that the bow shall appear in the clouds;

15and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living soul of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

16And the bow shall be in the clouds, and I will look upon it that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living soul of all flesh that is upon the earth.

17And God said unto Noah, This shall be the sign of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

18¶ And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is the father of Canaan.

19These are the three sons of Noah; and of them was the whole earth overspread.

20And Noah began to till the ground, and he planted a vineyard;

21and he drank of the wine and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brethren outside.

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

24¶ And Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a slave of slaves shall he be unto his brethren.

26And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his slave.

27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his slave.

28¶ And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

29And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.

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God Confirms His Covenant

1Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth. 2All the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I have placed them in your power. 3I have given them to you for food, just as I have given you grain and vegetables. 4But you must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it.

5“And I will require the blood of anyone who takes another person’s life. If a wild animal kills a person, it must die. And anyone who murders a fellow human must die. 6If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings#9:6 Or man; Hebrew reads ha-adam. in his own image. 7Now be fruitful and multiply, and repopulate the earth.”

8Then God told Noah and his sons, 9“I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants, 10and with all the animals that were on the boat with you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals—every living creature on earth. 11Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”

12Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come. 13I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth. 14When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will appear in the clouds, 15and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life. 16When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth.” 17Then God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the creatures on earth.”

Noah’s Sons

18The sons of Noah who came out of the boat with their father were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham is the father of Canaan.) 19From these three sons of Noah came all the people who now populate the earth.

20After the flood, Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard. 21One day he drank some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent. 22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers. 23Then Shem and Japheth took a robe, held it over their shoulders, and backed into the tent to cover their father. As they did this, they looked the other way so they would not see him naked.

24When Noah woke up from his stupor, he learned what Ham, his youngest son, had done. 25Then he cursed Canaan, the son of Ham:

“May Canaan be cursed!

May he be the lowest of servants to his relatives.”

26Then Noah said,

“May the Lord, the God of Shem, be blessed,

and may Canaan be his servant!

27May God expand the territory of Japheth!

May Japheth share the prosperity of Shem,#9:27 Hebrew May he live in the tents of Shem.

and may Canaan be his servant.”

28Noah lived another 350 years after the great flood. 29He lived 950 years, and then he died.

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