Genesis 9 NIV ISV Parallel

◄ Genesis 9 ►

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1Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.

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

2The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands.

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.

3Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.

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

4"But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.

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

5And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.

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.

6"Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.

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

7As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it."

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

8Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him:

8Later, God told Noah and his sons,

9"I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you

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

10and with every living creature that was with you--the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you--every living creature on earth.

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.

11I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy 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."

12And 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:

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:

13I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

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

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

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

15I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.

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.

16Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth."

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."

17So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life 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."

18The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)

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

19These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.

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

20Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

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

21When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent.

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

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

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

23But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father's naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.

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.

24When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him,

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

25he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers."

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

26He also said, "Praise be to the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem.

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

27May God extend Japheth's territory; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth."

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

28After the flood Noah lived 350 years.

28Noah lived 350 years after the flood.

29Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.

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

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