Genesis 9

God Confirms His Covenant

9Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth.H430H1288H5146H1121H559H6509H7235H4390H7762All 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.H4172H2844H2416H776H5775H8064H7430H127H1709H3220H3027H54143I have given them to you for food, just as I have given you grain and vegetables.H7431H2416H402H3418H6212H54144But you must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it.H389H1320H5315H1818H3985"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.H389H1818H5315H1875H3027H2416H1875H3027H120H3027H376H251H1875H5315H1206If 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.H8210H120H1818H120H1818H8210H6754H430H6213H1207Now be fruitful and multiply, and repopulate the earth."H6509H7235H8317H776H72358Then God told Noah and his sons,H430H559H5146H1121H5599"I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants,H6965H1285H2233H31010and 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.H2416H5315H5775H929H2416H776H3318H8392H2416H77611Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth."H6965H1285H1320H3772H4325H3999H3999H7843H77612Then God said, "I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come.H430H559H226H1285H589H5414H2416H5315H5769H175513I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth.H5414H7198H6051H226H1285H77614When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will appear in the clouds,H6049H6051H776H7198H7200H605115and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life.H2142H1285H2416H5315H1320H4325H5750H3999H7843H132016When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth."H7198H6051H7200H2142H5769H1285H996H430H996H2416H5315H1320H77617Then God said to Noah, "Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the creatures on earth."H430H559H5146H226H1285H6965H1320H776

Noah’s Sons

18The sons of Noah who came out of the boat with their father were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham is the father of Canaan.)H1121H5146H3318H8392H8035H2526H3315H2526H1931H1H366719From these three sons of Noah came all the people who now populate the earth.H7969H1121H5146H776H531020After the flood, Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard.H5146H2490H376H127H5193H375421One day he drank some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent.H8354H3196H7937H1540H8432H16822Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers.H2526H1H3667H7200H6172H1H5046H8147H251H235123Then 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.H8035H3315H3947H8071H7760H8147H7926H3212H322H3680H6172H1H6440H322H7200H1H617224When Noah woke up from his stupor, he learned what Ham, his youngest son, had done.H5146H3364H3196H3045H6996H1121H621325Then he cursed Canaan, the son of Ham: "May Canaan be cursed! May he be the lowest of servants to his relatives."H559H779H3667H5650H5650H25126Then Noah said, "May the LORD, the God of Shem, be blessed, and may Canaan be his servant!H559H1288H3068H430H8035H3667H1961H565027May God expand the territory of Japheth! May Japheth share the prosperity of Shem

, and may Canaan be his servant."H430H6601H3315H7931H168H8035H3667H565028Noah lived another 350 years after the great flood.H5146H2421H310H3999H7969H3967H8141H2572H814129He lived 950 years, and then he died.H3117H5146H8672H3967H8141H2572H8141H4191