1 S o God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;

2 A nd the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.

and your fear and your dread is on every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the heavens, on all that creepeth on the ground, and on all fishes of the sea -- into your hand they have been given.

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

Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;

4 B ut you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

only flesh in its life -- its blood -- ye do not eat.

5 S urely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man’s brother I will require the life of man.

`And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man;

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

whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

7 A nd as for you, be fruitful and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth And multiply in it.”

And ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.'

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

And God speaketh unto Noah, and unto his sons with him, saying,

9 “ And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you,

`And I, lo, I am establishing My covenant with you, and with your seed 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 go out of the ark, every beast of the earth.

and with every living creature which with you, among fowl, among cattle, and among every beast of the earth with you, from all who are going out of the ark -- to every beast of the earth.

11 T hus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

And I have established My covenant with you, and all flesh is not any more cut off by waters of a deluge, and there is not any more a deluge to destroy the earth.'

12 A nd God said: “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

And God saith, `This is a token of the covenant which I am giving between Me and you, and every living creature that with you, to generations age-during;

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

My bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;

14 I t shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud;

and it hath come to pass (in My sending a cloud over the earth) that the bow hath been seen in the cloud,

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

and I have remembered My covenant which is between Me and you, and every living creature among all flesh, and the waters become no more a deluge to destroy all flesh;

16 T he rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”

and the bow hath been in the cloud, and I have seen it -- to remember the covenant age-during between God and every living creature among all flesh which on 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.” Noah and His Sons

And God saith unto Noah, `This a token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that upon the earth.'

18 N ow the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.

And the sons of Noah who are going out of the ark are Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is father of Canaan.

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

These three sons of Noah, and from these hath all the earth been overspread.

20 A nd Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.

And Noah remaineth a man of the ground, and planteth a vineyard,

21 T hen he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.

and drinketh of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovereth himself in the midst of the tent.

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

And Ham, father of Canaan, seeth the nakedness of his father, and declareth to his two brethren without.

23 B ut Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.

And Shem taketh -- Japheth also -- the garment, and they place on the shoulder of them both, and go backward, and cover the nakedness of their father; and their faces backward, and their father's nakedness they have not seen.

24 S o Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him.

And Noah awaketh from his wine, and knoweth that which his young son hath done to him,

25 T hen he said: “Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren.”

and saith: `Cursed Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'

26 A nd he said: “Blessed be the Lord, The God of Shem, And may Canaan be his servant.

And he saith: `Blessed of Jehovah my God Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.

27 M ay God enlarge Japheth, And may he dwell in the tents of Shem; And may Canaan be his servant.”

God doth give beauty to Japheth, And he dwelleth in tents of Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.'

28 A nd Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

And Noah liveth after the deluge three hundred and fifty years;

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

and all the days of Noah are nine hundred and fifty years, and he dieth.