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

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

2 a nd 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.

And 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.

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

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

4 o nly flesh in its life -- its blood -- ye do not eat.

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

5 ` 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;

Surely 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.

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

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

7 A nd ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.'

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

8 A nd God speaketh unto Noah, and unto his sons with him, saying,

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

9 ` And I, lo, I am establishing My covenant with you, and with your seed after you,

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

10 a nd 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.

and 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.

11 A nd 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.'

Thus 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.”

12 A nd 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;

And 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:

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

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

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

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

15 a nd 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;

and 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.

16 a nd 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.'

The 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.”

17 A nd God saith unto Noah, `This a token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that 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.” Noah and His Sons

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

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

19 T hese three sons of Noah, and from these hath all the earth been overspread.

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

20 A nd Noah remaineth a man of the ground, and planteth a vineyard,

And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.

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

Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.

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

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

23 A nd 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.

But 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28 A nd Noah liveth after the deluge three hundred and fifty years;

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

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

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