Chapter 9

And God blessed¹⁷ Noah and his sons, and said⁴ unto them, Be fruitful,³ and multiply,³ and replenish³ the earth.

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth⁴ [upon] the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.⁸

Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given¹ you all things.

But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.⁴

And surely your blood of your lives will I require;⁴ at the hand of every beast will I require it,⁴ and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require⁴ the life of man.

Whoso sheddeth⁶ man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed:¹¹ for in the image of God made¹ he man.

And you, be ye fruitful,³ and multiply;³ bring forth abundantly³ in the earth, and multiply³ therein.

And God spake⁴ unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,²

And I, behold, I establish⁵⁶ my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

And 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 that go out⁶ of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

And I will establish⁵² my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off¹¹ any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy¹⁵ the earth.

And God said,⁴ This [is] the token of the covenant which I make⁶ between me and you and every living creature that [is] with you, for perpetual generations:

I do set¹ my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

And it shall come to pass, when I bring¹⁵ a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen⁸ in the cloud:

And I will remember¹ 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 destroy¹⁵ all flesh.

And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look¹ upon it, that I may remember² the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that [is] upon the earth.

And God said⁴ unto Noah, This [is] the token of the covenant, which I have established⁵² between me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth.

And the sons of Noah, that went forth⁶ of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham ¹⁹³¹ [is] the father of Canaan.

These [are] the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.¹

And Noah began⁵⁵ [to be] an husbandman, ¹²⁷ and he planted⁴ a vineyard:

And he drank⁴ of the wine, and was drunken;⁴ and he was uncovered¹⁰¹ within his tent.

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw⁴ the nakedness of his father, and told⁵⁵ his two brethren without.

And Shem and Japheth took⁴ a garment, and laid⁴ [it] upon both their shoulders, and went⁴ backward, and covered¹⁷ the nakedness of their father; and their faces [were] backward, and they saw¹ not their father's nakedness.

And Noah awoke⁴ from his wine, and knew⁴ what his younger son had done¹ unto him.

And he said,⁴ Cursed⁷ [be] Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

And he said,⁴ Blessed⁷ [be] the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be⁴ his servant.

God shall enlarge⁵⁵ Japheth, and he shall dwell⁴ in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

And Noah lived⁴ after the flood three hundred ⁸¹⁴¹ and fifty years.

And all the days of Noah were nine hundred ⁸¹⁴¹ and fifty years: and he died.⁴