[1] And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful and
multiply, and fill the earth. [2] The fear of you and the dread of you
shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the air,
upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea; into
your hand they are delivered. [3] Every moving thing that lives shall be
food for you; and as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
[4] Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. [5] For
your lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning; of every beast I will
require it and of man; of every man's brother I will require the life of
man. [6] Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed;
for God made man in his own image. [7] And you, be fruitful and multiply,
bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply in it." [8] Then God said
to Noah and to his sons with him, [9] "Behold, I establish my covenant with
you and your descendants after you, [10] and with every living creature
that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with
you, as many as came out of the ark. [11] I establish my covenant with you,
that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and
never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth." [12] 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 all future generations: [13] I
set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me
and the earth. [14] When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen
in the clouds, [15] I will remember my covenant which is between me and you
and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again
become a flood to destroy all flesh. [16] When the bow is in the clouds, I
will look upon it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and
every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth." [17] God said
to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between
me and all flesh that is upon the earth." [18] The sons of Noah who went
forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of
Canaan. [19] These three were the sons of Noah; and from these the whole
earth was peopled. [20] Noah was the first tiller of the soil. He planted a
vineyard; [21] and he drank of the wine, and became drunk, and lay
uncovered in his tent. [22] And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the
nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. [23] Then Shem
and Japheth took a garment, laid it upon both their shoulders, and walked
backward and covered the nakedness of their father; their faces were turned
away, and they did not see their father's nakedness. [24] When Noah awoke
from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him, [25] he said,
"Cursed be Canaan; a slave of slaves shall he be to his brothers." [26] He
also said, "Blessed by the LORD my God be Shem; and let Canaan be his
slave. [27] God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem;
and let Canaan be his slave." [28] After the flood Noah lived three hundred
and fifty years. [29] All the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty
years; and he died.
