Genesis 9

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1 God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them: "Be fertile and multiply and fill the earth.	1 God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, 'Breed, multiply and fil the earth.
2 Dread fear of you shall come upon all the animals of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon all the creatures that move about on the ground and all the fishes of the sea; into your power they are delivered.	2 Be the terror and the dread of al the animals on land and al the birds of heaven, of everything thatmoves on land and all the fish of the sea; they are placed in your hands.
3 Every creature that is alive shall be yours to eat; I give them all to you as I did the green plants.	3 Every living thing that moves wil be yours to eat, no less than the foliage of the plants. I give youeverything,
4 Only flesh with its lifeblood still in it you shall not eat.	4 with this exception: you must not eat flesh with life, that is to say blood, in it.
5 For your own lifeblood, too, I will demand an accounting: from every animal I will demand it, and from man in regard to his fellow man I will demand an accounting for human life.	5 And I shal demand account of your life-blood, too. I shall demand it of every animal, and of man. Ofman as regards his fel ow-man, I shal demand account for human life.
6 If anyone sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; For in the image of God has man been made.	6 He who sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God was mancreated.
7 Be fertile, then, and multiply; abound on earth and subdue it."	7 Be fruitful then and multiply, teem over the earth and subdue it!'
8 God said to Noah and to his sons with him:	8 God spoke as fol ows to Noah and his sons,
9 "See, I am now establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you	9 'I am now establishing my covenant with you and with your descendants to come,
10 and with every living creature that was with you: all the birds, and the various tame and wild animals that were with you and came out of the ark.	10 and with every living creature that was with you: birds, cattle and every wild animal with you;everything that came out of the ark, every living thing on earth.
11 I will establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all bodily creatures be destroyed by the waters of a flood; there shall not be another flood to devastate the earth."	11 And I shal maintain my covenant with you: that never again shal all living things be destroyed by thewaters of a flood, nor shal there ever again be a flood to devastate the earth.'
12 God added: "This is the sign that I am giving for all ages to come, of the covenant between me and you and every living creature with you:	12 'And this', God said, 'is the sign of the covenant which I now make between myself and you and everyliving creature with you for al ages to come:
13 I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.	13 I now set my bow in the clouds and it wil be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
14 When I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow appears in the clouds,	14 When I gather the clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds,
15 I will recall the covenant I have made between me and you and all living beings, so that the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all mortal beings.	15 I shal recall the covenant between myself and you and every living creature, in a word al living things,and never again will the waters become a flood to destroy al living things.
16 As the bow appears in the clouds, I will see it and recall the everlasting covenant that I have established between God and all living beings--all mortal creatures that are on earth."	16 When the bow is in the clouds I shall see it and call to mind the eternal covenant between God andevery living creature on earth, that is, al living things.'
17 God told Noah: "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all mortal creatures that are on earth."	17 'That', God told Noah, 'is the sign of the covenant I have established between myself and al livingthings on earth.'
18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)	18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth-Ham being the father ofCanaan.
19 These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was peopled.	19 These three were Noah's sons, and from these the whole earth was peopled.
20 Now Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard.	20 Noah, a til er of the soil, was the first to plant the vine.
21 When he drank some of the wine, he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent.	21 He drank some of the wine, and while he was drunk, he lay uncovered in his tent.
22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness, and he told his two brothers outside about it.	22 Ham, father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.
23 Shem and Japheth, however, took a robe, and holding it on their backs, they walked backward and covered their father's nakedness; since their faces were turned the other way, they did not see their father's nakedness.	23 Shem and Japheth took a cloak and they both put it over their shoulders, and walking backwards,covered their father's nakedness; they kept their faces turned away, and they did not look at their father naked.
24 When Noah woke up from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,	24 When Noah awoke from his stupor he learned what his youngest son had done to him,
25 he said: "Cursed be Caanan! The lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers."	25 and said: Accursed be Canaan, he shal be his brothers' meanest slave.
26 He also said: "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! Let Canaan be his slave.	26 He added: Blessed be Yahweh, God of Shem, let Canaan be his slave!
27 May God expand Japheth, so that he dwells among the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be his slave."	27 May God make space for Japheth, may he live in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his slave!
28 Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood.	28 After the flood Noah lived three hundred and fifty years.
29 The whole lifetime of Noah was nine hundred and fifty years; then he died.	29 In al , Noah's life lasted nine hundred and fifty years; then he died.