1 G od made good come to Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Have many children, and cover the earth.

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

2 E very animal of the earth, every bird of the sky, everything that moves on the ground, and all the fish of the sea will be afraid of you. They are given into your hand.

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 will be food for you. I give all to you as I gave you the green plants.

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 you must not eat meat with blood in it because that is its life.

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

5 F or sure, I will take the life of every animal and every person for taking a life. I will punish every man’s brother for taking the 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 takes the life of a man will have his life taken. For God made man to be like Him.

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

7 A s for you, have many children. Cover the earth with many people.”

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

8 T hen God said to Noah and his sons,

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

9 “ See, I make My agreement with you, and with your children after you,

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

10 a nd with every living thing that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every animal of the earth, of all that came out of the large boat, every living thing on 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 I make My agreement with you, that never again will all flesh be destroyed by the water of a flood. There will never again 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 T hen God said, “This is something special to see for all time, because of the agreement that I am making between Me and you and every living thing that is with you:

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 will set My rain-bow in the cloud, and it will be something special to see because of an agreement 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 W hen I bring clouds over the earth and the rain-bow is seen 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 I will remember My agreement that is between Me and you and every living thing of all flesh. Never again will the water 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 W hen the rain-bow is in the cloud, I will look upon it to remember the agreement that will last forever between God and every living thing of all flesh that is on 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 G od said to Noah, “This is the special thing to see because of the agreement I have made between Me and all flesh upon the earth.” Noah and His Sons

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 T he sons of Noah who came out of the large boat were Shem, Ham and Japheth. Ham was 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 three were the sons of Noah. And all the people of the earth came from them.

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

20 T hen Noah became a farmer and planted a grape-field.

Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.

21 A nd he drank of the wine, and drank too much, and lay without covering himself in his tent.

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

22 T hen Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was without clothes. And he told his two brothers outside.

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

23 B ut Shem and Japheth took a coat and laid it upon their shoulders and walked in with their backs toward their father and covered him. Their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father without clothes.

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

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

25 S o he said, “May Canaan be cursed! He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”

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

26 H e also said, “Honor and thanks be to the Lord, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.

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

27 M ay God make Japheth great. Let him live in the tents of Shem. And let Canaan be his servants.”

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

28 N oah lived 350 years after the flood.

Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood.

29 S o Noah lived 950 years, and he died.

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