Genesis 9

9Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.H430H1288H5146H1121H559H6509H7235H4390H7762The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands.H4172H2844H2416H776H5775H8064H7430H127H1709H3220H3027H54143Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.H7431H2416H402H3418H6212H54144"But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.H389H1320H5315H1818H3985And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man.H389H1818H5315H1875H3027H2416H1875H3027H120H3027H376H251H1875H5315H1206"Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man.H8210H120H1818H120H1818H8210H6754H430H6213H1207As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it."H6509H7235H8317H776H72358Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him:H430H559H5146H1121H5599"I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after youH6965H1285H2233H31010and with every living creature that was with you--the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you--every living creature on earth.H2416H5315H5775H929H2416H776H3318H8392H2416H77611I 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."H6965H1285H1320H3772H4325H3999H3999H7843H77612And 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:H430H559H226H1285H589H5414H2416H5315H5769H175513I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.H5414H7198H6051H226H1285H77614Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,H6049H6051H776H7198H7200H605115I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.H2142H1285H2416H5315H1320H4325H5750H3999H7843H132016Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth."H7198H6051H7200H2142H5769H1285H996H430H996H2416H5315H1320H77617So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth."H430H559H5146H226H1285H6965H1320H77618The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)H1121H5146H3318H8392H8035H2526H3315H2526H1931H1H366719These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the earth.H7969H1121H5146H776H531020Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.H5146H2490H376H127H5193H375421When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent.H8354H3196H7937H1540H8432H16822Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers outside.H2526H1H3667H7200H6172H1H5046H8147H251H235123But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father's nakedness.H8035H3315H3947H8071H7760H8147H7926H3212H322H3680H6172H1H6440H322H7200H1H617224When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him,H5146H3364H3196H3045H6996H1121H621325he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers."H559H779H3667H5650H5650H25126He also said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem.H559H1288H3068H430H8035H3667H1961H565027May God extend the territory of Japheth; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave."H430H6601H3315H7931H168H8035H3667H565028After the flood Noah lived 350 years.H5146H2421H310H3999H7969H3967H8141H2572H814129Altogether, Noah lived 950 years, and then he died.H3117H5146H8672H3967H8141H2572H8141H4191