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

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

2 T he 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.

And 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.

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

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

4 O nly you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

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

5 S urely 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.

And 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.

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

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

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

And you, be fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.

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

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

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

Behold, I establish My covenant or pledge with you and with your descendants after you

10 a nd 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.

And 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.

11 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.”

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.

12 G od 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;

And 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:

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

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

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

15 a nd 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.

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.

16 W hen 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.”

When 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.

17 A nd 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.”

And 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.

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

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

19 T hese three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.

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

20 T hen Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.

And Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard.

21 H e drank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.

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

22 H am, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

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

23 B ut 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.

So 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.

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

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

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

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

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

He 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.

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

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

28 N oah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood.

And Noah lived after the flood 350 years.

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

All the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died.