1 A nd God pronounced a blessing upon Noah and his sons and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

¶ And God blessed Noah and his sons and said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

2 A nd the fear of you and the dread and terror of you shall be upon every beast of the land, every bird of the air, all that creeps upon the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are delivered into your hand.

And 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.

3 E very moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and as I gave you the green vegetables and plants, I give you everything.

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

4 B ut you shall not eat flesh with the life of it, which is its blood.

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

5 A nd surely for your lifeblood I will require an accounting; from every beast I will require it; and from man, from every man I will require a reckoning.

For 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.

6 W hoever sheds man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God He made man.

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

7 A nd you, be fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.

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

8 T hen God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,

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

9 B ehold, I establish My covenant or pledge with you and with your descendants after you

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

10 A nd with every living creature that is with you—whether the birds, the livestock, or the wild beasts of the earth along with you, as many as came out of the ark—every animal of the earth.

and 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,

11 I will establish My covenant or pledge with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood; neither shall there ever again be a flood to destroy the earth and make it corrupt.

that 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 A nd God said, This is the token of the covenant (solemn pledge) which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:

¶ 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:

13 I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be a token or sign of a covenant or solemn pledge between Me and the earth.

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

14 A nd it shall be that when I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds,

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

15 I will remember My covenant or solemn pledge which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy and make all flesh corrupt.

and 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.

16 W hen the bow is in the clouds and I look upon it, I will remember the everlasting covenant or pledge between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

And 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.

17 A nd God said to Noah, This is the token or sign of the covenant or solemn pledge which I have established between Me and all flesh upon the earth.

And 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 T he sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.

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

19 T hese are the three sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was overspread and stocked with inhabitants.

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

20 A nd Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard.

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

21 A nd he drank of the wine and became drunk, and he was uncovered and lay naked in his tent.

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

22 A nd Ham, the father of Canaan, glanced at and saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.

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

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

Then 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 W hen Noah awoke from his wine, and knew the thing which his youngest son had done to him,

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

25 H e exclaimed, Cursed be Canaan! He shall be the servant of servants to his brethren!

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

26 H e also said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! And blessed by the Lord my God be Shem! And let Canaan be his servant.

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

27 M ay God enlarge Japheth; and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.

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

28 A nd Noah lived after the flood 350 years.

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

29 A ll the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died.

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