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aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will
never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or
imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I
will never again destroy all living things. 22As
long as the earth remains, there will be planting
and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter,
day and night.”
CHAPTER
9
God Confirms His Covenant
Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told
them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth. 2All
the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all
the small animals that scurry along the ground,
and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear
and terror. I have placed them in your power. 3I
have given them to you for food, just as I have
given you grain and vegetables. 4But you must
never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it.
5 “And I will require the blood of anyone who
takes another person’s life. If a wild animal kills a
person, it must die. And anyone who murders a
fellow human must die. 6If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken by
human hands. For God made human beings in
his own image. 7Now be fruitful and multiply,
and repopulate the earth.”
8Then God told Noah and his sons, 9 “I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants, 10and with all the animals that were
on the boat with you—the birds, the livestock,
and all the wild animals—every living creature
on earth. 11 Yes, I am confirming my covenant
with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all
living creatures; never again will a flood destroy
the earth.”
12 Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my
covenant with you and with all living creatures, for
all generations to come. 13I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant
with you and with all the earth. 14When I send
clouds over the earth, the rainbow will appear in
the clouds, 15and I will remember my covenant
with you and with all living creatures. Never again
will the floodwaters destroy all life. 16When I see
the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the
eternal covenant between God and every living
creature on earth.” 17Then God said to Noah, “Yes,
this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the creatures on earth.”
Noah’s Sons
18The
sons of Noah who came out of the boat
with their father were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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