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Genesis 9
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SCENIC
9:1-17
9:1-29
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GOD CONFIRMS HIS COVENANT WITH NOAH
The rains last for forty days, but the floodwaters take much longer to recede.
After being cooped up with hundreds of animals for a year, Noah opens the door
of the boat and allows the animals to run free. His first priority is to give thanks
to God.
GOD CONFIRMS HIS COVENANT
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Then God blessed Noah and his sons and
told them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill
the earth. 2 All 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. 3 I have given them
to you for food, just as I have given you grain
and vegetables. 4 But you must never eat any
meat that still has the lifeblood in it.
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“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. 6 If 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. 7 Now be fruitful and
multiply, and repopulate the earth.”
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Then God told Noah and his sons, 9 “I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants, 10 and 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.”
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Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my
covenant with you and with all living creatures,
for all generations to come. 13 I have placed my
rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my cov
enant with you and with all the earth. 14 When
I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will
appear in the clouds, 15 and I will remember my
covenant with you and with all living creatures.
Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life.
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When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will
remember the eternal covenant between God
and every living creature on earth.” 17 Then 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
The sons of Noah who came out of the boat
with their father were Shem, Ham, and Ja
pheth. (Ham is the father of Canaan.) 19 From
these three sons of Noah came all the people
who now populate the earth.
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After the flood, Noah began to cultivate
the ground, and he planted a vineyard. 21 One
day he drank some wine he had made, and he
became drunk and lay naked inside his tent.
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Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told
his brothers. 23 Then Shem and Japheth took a
robe, held it over their shoulders, and backed
into the tent to cover their father. As they did
this, they looked the other way so they would
not see him naked.
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When Noah woke up from his stupor, he
learned what Ham, his youngest son, had done.
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Then he cursed Canaan, the son of Ham:
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“May Canaan be cursed!
May he be the lowest of servants to his
relatives.”
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Then Noah said,
“May the Lord, the God of Shem, be blessed,
and may Canaan be his servant!
May God expand the territory of Japheth!
May Japheth share the prosperity of Shem,*
and may Canaan be his servant.”
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Noah lived another 350 years after the great
flood. 29 He lived 950 years, and then he died.
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This is the account of the families of
Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the three sons
9:6 Or man; Hebrew reads ha-adam. 9:27 Hebrew May he live in
the tents of Shem.
