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15 Then God said to Noah, 16 “Leave the boat,
all of you—you and your wife, and your sons
and their wives. 17Release all the animals—
the birds, the livestock, and the small animals
that scurry along the ground—so they can be
fruitful and multiply throughout the earth.”
18 So Noah, his wife, and his sons and their
wives left the boat. 19And all of the large and
small animals and birds came out of the boat,
pair by pair.
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and
there he sacrificed as burnt offerings the an
imals and birds that had been approved for
that purpose.* 21And the Lord was pleased
with the 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 to
ward 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.”
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God Confirms His Covenant
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Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told
told them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill took
the earth. 2All the animals of the earth, all back
the birds of the sky, all the small animals that they
scurry along the ground, and all the fish in they w
the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I
have placed them in your power. 3I have given he
them to you for food, just as I have given you done
grain and vegetables. 4 But you must never Ham:
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 an
imal 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 26
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.”
8 Then 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
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living creature on earth. 11Yes, I am confirm in
7:8.
ing my covenant with you. Never again will sev
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floodwaters kill all living creatures; never 8:4.
8:14
again will a flood destroy the earth.”
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12 Then God said, “I am giving you a sign
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of my covenant with you and with all liv 9:27
ing creatures, for all generations to come. Cr
7:23
13 I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It
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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,
15 and 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 remem
ber 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
18 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.) 19From
these three sons of Noah came all the people
who now populate the earth.
20After the flood, Noah began to cultivate
the ground, and he planted a vineyard. 21One
day he drank some wine he had made, and
he became drunk and lay naked inside his
tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that
his father was naked and went outside and
and told his brothers. 23Then Shem and Japheth
Fill took a robe, held it over their shoulders, and
earth, all backed into the tent to cover their father. As
that they did this, they looked the other way so
fish in they would not see him naked.
24 When Noah woke up from his stupor,
terror. I
en he learned what Ham, his youngest son, had
ou done. 25 Then he cursed Canaan, the son of
er Ham:
lood in it.
“May Canaan be cursed!
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May he be the lowest of servants to his
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relatives.”
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life 26Then Noah said,
God
“May the Lord, the God of Shem, be
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blessed,
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and may Canaan be his servant!
“I 27 May God expand the territory of Japheth!
and
May Japheth share the prosperity of
animals
Shem,*
birds,
and may Canaan be his servant.”
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*Translation Notes 7:2 Hebrew of each clean animal; similarly
confirm in
7:8. 7:20 Hebrew 15 cubits [6.9 meters]. 8:4 Hebrew on the
will seventeenth day of the seventh month; see 7:11. 8:5 Hebrew
On the first day of the tenth month; see 7:11 and note on
er 8:4. 8:13 Hebrew On the first day of the first month; see 7:11.
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come.
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8:14 Hebrew The twenty-seventh day of the second month
arrived; see note on 8:13. 8:20 Hebrew every clean animal
and every clean bird. 9:6 Or man; Hebrew reads ha-adam.
9:27 Hebrew May he live in the tents of Shem.
Cross-References 6:21 Gen 9:916 7:1 Heb 11:7 7:13 2 Pet 2:5
7:23 Matt 24:3839 8:21 Gen 3:17 9:6 Gen 1:26 9:16 Gen 17:11
9:23 Hab 2:15
