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New American Standard Bible 1995

1God blessed Noah and his sons and ordered them, "Be productive, multiply, and fill the earth.

1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

2All the living creatures of the earth will be filled with fear and terror of you from now on, including all the creatures that fly in the sky, everything that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the ocean. They've been assigned to live under your dominion.

2"The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given.

3"Every living, moving creature will be food for you. Just as I gave you green plants before, so now you have everything.

3"Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant.

4However, you are not to eat meat with its life—that is, its blood—in it!

4"Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

5Also, I will certainly demand an accounting regarding bloodshed, from every animal and from every human being. I'll demand an accounting from every human being for the life of another human being.

5"Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man's brother I will require the life of man.

6"Whoever sheds human blood, by a human his own blood is to be shed; because God made human beings in his own image.

6"Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.

7Now as for you, be productive and multiply; spread out over the land and multiply throughout it."

7"As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it."

8Later, God told Noah and his sons,

8Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,

9"Pay attention! I'm establishing my covenant with you and with your descendants after you,

9"Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you;

10and with every living creature that is with you—the flying creatures, the livestock, and all the wildlife of the earth that are with you—all the earth's animals that came out of the ark.

10and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.

11I will establish my covenant with you: No living beings will ever be cut off again by flood waters, and there will never again be a flood that destroys the earth."

11"I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth."

12God also said, "Here's the symbol that represents the covenant that I'm making between me and you and every living being with you, for all future generations:

12God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations;

13I've set my rainbow in the sky to symbolize the covenant between me and the earth.

13I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.

14Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow becomes visible in the clouds,

14"It shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud,

15I'll remember my covenant between me and you and every living creature, so that water will never again become a flood to destroy all living beings.

15and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh.

16When the rainbow is in the clouds, I will observe it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living beings on the earth."

16"When the bow is in the cloud, then I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."

17God also told Noah, "This is the symbol of the covenant that I've established between me and everything that lives on the earth."

17And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth."

18Noah's sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham later fathered Canaan.)

18Now the sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan.

19These three were Noah's sons, and from these men the whole earth was repopulated.

19These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.

20Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant and farm a vineyard.

20Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.

21He drank some of the wine, got drunk, and lay down naked right in the middle of his tent.

21He drank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.

22Ham, who fathered Canaan, saw his father's genitals and told his two brothers outside.

22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

23Then Shem and Japheth took their father's cloak, laid it across both their shoulders, and walking backwards, they both covered their father's genitals. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's genitals.

23But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father's nakedness.

24When Noah sobered up and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

24When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him.

25he said, "Canaan is cursed! He will be the lowest of slaves to his relatives."

25So he said, "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers."

26He also said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave.

26He also said, "Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.

27May God make room for Japheth; may God live in Shem's tents, and may Canaan serve him."

27"May God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant."

28Noah lived 350 years after the flood.

28Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood.

29After Noah had lived a total of 950 years, he died.

29So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.

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