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

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

2 A nd 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.

The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given.

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

Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant.

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

Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

5 F or 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.

Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother I will require the life of man.

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

“ Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.

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

“As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.”

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

Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,

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

“Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you;

10 a nd 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,

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.

11 t hat 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.

I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again 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:

God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations;

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

I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.

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

It shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud,

15 a nd 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.

and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh.

16 A nd 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.

When the bow is in the cloud, then I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”

17 A nd 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.

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.”

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

Now the sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan.

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

These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.

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

Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.

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

He drank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.

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

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

23 T hen 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.

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 turned away, so that 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.

When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him.

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

So he said, “ Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers.”

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

He also said, “ Blessed be the Lord, The God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.

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

“ May God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.”

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

Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood.

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

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