Chapter 9
1 God blessed Noah and his sons , and said to them , " Be fruitful , multiply , and replenish the earth.
2 The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth , and on every bird of the sky . Everything that moves along the ground, and all the fish of the sea , are delivered into your hand .
3 Every moving thing that lives will be food for you . As I gave you the green herb , I have given everything to you .
4 But flesh with its life , that is , its blood , you shall not eat.
5 I will surely require accounting for your life ’s blood . At the hand of every animal I will require it . At the hand of man , even at the hand of every man ’s brother, I will require the life of man .
6 Whoever sheds man’s blood , his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image .
7 Be fruitful and multiply . Increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it."
8 God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him , saying,
9 " As for me , behold , I establish my covenant with you , and with your offspring after you ,
10 and with every living creature that is with you : the birds , the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you , of all that go out of the ship , even every animal of the earth.
11 I will establish my covenant with you : All flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood . There will never again be a flood to destroy the earth."
12 God said, " This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you , for perpetual generations :
13 I set my rainbow in the cloud , and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
14 When I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud ,
15 I will remember my covenant , which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh , and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh .
16 The rainbow will be in the cloud . I will look at it , that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
17 God said to Noah , " This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."
18 The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem , Ham , and Japheth . Ham is the father of Canaan .
19 These three were the sons of Noah , and from these the whole earth was populated .
20 Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard .
21 He drank of the wine and got drunk . He was uncovered within his tent.
22 Ham , the father of Canaan , saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside .
23 Shem and Japheth took a garment , and laid it on both their shoulders , went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness .
24 Noah awoke from his wine , and knew what his youngest son had done to him .
25 He said, " Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers."
26 He said, " Blessed be the LORD , the God of Shem . Let Canaan be his servant .
27 May God enlarge Japheth . Let him dwell in the tents of Shem . Let Canaan be his servant ."
28 Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood .
29 All the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years , and then he died .