Genesis 9 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 9

And God

blessed

Noah

and his sons

and said

to them,

“Be fruitful

and multiply

and fill

the earth.

The fear

and dread of you

will fall

on

every

living creature

on the earth,

every

bird

of the sky,

every

creature that

crawls

on the ground,

and all

the fish

of the sea.

They are delivered

into your hand.

Every

living

creature

will be

food for you;

just as I gave you the green

plants,

I now give

you

all things.

But

you must not

eat

meat

with its lifeblood

still in it.

And surely

I will require

the life of any

man

or beast

by whose hand

your lifeblood is shed.

I will demand an accounting

from anyone

who takes the life

of his fellow man:

Whoever sheds

the blood

of man,

by man

his blood

will be shed;

for

in His own

image

God has made

mankind.

But as for you,

be fruitful

and multiply;

spread out

across the earth

and multiply upon it.”

Then God

said

to

Noah

and his sons

with him,

“Behold,

I now

establish

My covenant

with you

and your

descendants

after you,

and with

every

living

creature

that

was with you—

the birds,

the livestock,

and every

beast

of the earth—

every

living thing

that came out

of the ark.

And I establish

My covenant

with you:

Never

again

will all

life

be cut off

by the waters

of a flood;

never

again

will there be

a flood

to destroy

the earth.”

And God

said,

“This

is the sign

of the covenant

I

am making

between Me and you

and every

living

creature

with you,

a covenant for all generations

to come:

I have set

My rainbow

in the clouds,

and it will be

a sign

of the covenant

between

Me

and the earth.

Whenever I form

clouds

over

the earth

and the rainbow

appears

in the clouds,

I will remember

My covenant

between Me and you

and all

living

creatures:

Never

again

will the waters

become

a flood

to destroy

all

life.

And whenever the rainbow

appears

in the clouds,

I will see it

and remember

the everlasting

covenant

between

God

and

every

living

creature

of every

kind

that is

on

the earth.”

So God

said

to

Noah,

“This

is the sign

of the covenant

that

I have established

between

Me

and all

living things

on

the earth.”

The sons

of Noah

who came out

of

the ark

were

Shem,

Ham,

and Japheth.

And Ham

was the father

of Canaan.

These

three

were the sons

of Noah,

and from them

the whole

earth

was populated.

Now Noah,

a man

of the soil,

proceeded

to plant

a vineyard.

But when he drank

some of

its wine,

he became drunk

and uncovered himself

inside

his tent.

Ham,

the father

of Canaan,

saw

his father’s

nakedness

and told

his two

brothers

outside.

Then Shem

and Japheth

took

a garment

and placed

it across

their shoulders,

and walking

backward,

they covered

their father’s

nakedness.

Their faces

were turned away

so that they did not

see

their father’s

nakedness.

When Noah

awoke

from his drunkenness

and learned

what

his youngest

son

had done

to him,

he said,

“Cursed be

Canaan!

A servant

of servants

shall he be

to his brothers.”

He also declared:

“Blessed

be the LORD,

the God

of Shem!

May Canaan

be

the servant

of Shem.

May God

expand the territory

of Japheth,

may he dwell

in the tents

of Shem,

and may Canaan

be

his servant.”

After

the flood,

Noah

lived

350

years.

So Noah

lived

a total of

950

years,

and then he died.

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