One Year Pray for America Bible - Flipbook - Page 24
January 4
18 So
Noah, his wife, and his sons
and their wives left the boat. 19 And
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 animals and birds that
had been approved for that purpose.*
21 And 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 toward evil from
childhood. I will never again destroy
all living things. 22 As long as the earth
remains, there will be planting and
harvest, cold and heat, summer and
winter, day and night.”
9:1 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.
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. 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.”
8 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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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. 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 cov
enant
with you and with all living creatures.
Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life. 16 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.”
18 The sons of Noah who came out of
the boat with their father were Shem,
Ham, and Japheth. (Ham is the father
of Canaan.) 19 From these three sons
of Noah came all the people who now
populate the earth.
20 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.
22 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.
24 When Noah woke up from his stupor, he learned what Ham, his youngest son, had done. 25 Then he cursed
Canaan, the son of Ham:
“May Canaan be cursed!
May he be the lowest of servants
to his relatives.”
26 Then
27
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,*
