Genesis 9

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them: "Be fertile and multiply and fill the earth.	1 And God blessed Noah and his sons. And he said to them: “Increase, and multiply, and fill 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 And let the fear and trembling of you be upon all the animals of the earth, and upon all the birds of the air, along with all that moves across the earth. All the fish of the sea have been delivered into your hand.
3 Every creature that is alive shall be yours to eat; I give them all to you as I did the green plants.	3 And everything that moves and lives will be food for you. Just as with the edible plants, I have delivered them all to you,
4 Only flesh with its lifeblood still in it you shall not eat.	4 except that flesh with blood you shall not eat.
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 For I will examine the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast. So also, at the hand of mankind, at the hand of each man and his brother, I will examine the life of mankind.
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 Whoever will shed human blood, his blood will be poured out. For man was indeed made to the image of God.
7 Be fertile, then, and multiply; abound on earth and subdue it."	7 But as for you: increase and multiply, and go forth upon the earth and fulfill it.”
8 God said to Noah and to his sons with him:	8 To Noah and to his sons with him, God also said this:
9 "See, I am now establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you	9 “Behold, I will establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
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 soul that is with you: as much with the birds as with the cattle and all the animals of the earth that have gone forth from the ark, and with all the wild beasts of the 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 I will establish my covenant with you, and no longer will all that is flesh be put to death by the waters of a great flood, and, henceforth, there will not be a great flood to utterly destroy 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 God said: “This is the sign of the pact that I grant between me and you, and to every living soul that is with you, for perpetual generations.
13 I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.	13 I will place my arc in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the pact between myself and the earth.
14 When I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow appears in the clouds,	14 And when I obscure the sky with clouds, my arc will appear 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 And I will remember my covenant with you, and with every living soul that enlivens flesh. And there will no longer be waters from a great flood to wipe away all that is flesh.
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 And the arc will be in the clouds, and I will see it, and I will remember the everlasting covenant that was enacted between God and every living soul of all that is flesh upon the earth.”
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 And God said to Noah, “This will be the sign of the covenant that I have established between myself and all that is flesh upon the earth.”
18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)	18 And so the sons of Noah, who came out of the ark, were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Now Ham himself is the father of Canaan.
19 These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was peopled.	19 These three are the sons of Noah. And from these all the family of mankind was spread over the whole earth.
20 Now Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard.	20 And Noah, a good farmer, began to cultivate the land, and he planted a vineyard.
21 When he drank some of the wine, he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent.	21 And by drinking its wine, he became inebriated and was naked in his tent.
22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness, and he told his two brothers outside about it.	22 Because of this, when Ham, the father of Canaan, had indeed seen the privates of his father to be naked, he reported it to 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 And truly, Shem and Japheth put a cloak upon their arms, and, advancing backwards, covered the privates of their father. And their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father’s manhood.
24 When Noah woke up from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,	24 Then Noah, awaking from the wine, when he had learned what his younger son had done to him,
25 he said: "Cursed be Caanan! The lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers."	25 he said, “Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants will he be to his brothers.”
26 He also said: "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! Let Canaan be his slave.	26 And he said: “Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, let Canaan be his servant.
27 May God expand Japheth, so that he dwells among the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be his slave."	27 May God enlarge Japheth, and may he live in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.”
28 Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood.	28 And after the great flood, Noah lived for three hundred and fifty years.
29 The whole lifetime of Noah was nine hundred and fifty years; then he died.	29 And all his days were completed in nine hundred and fifty years, and then he died.