| Chapter 9 |
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And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile, and
have increase, and make the earth full. |
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And the fear of you will be strong in every beast of the earth and every
bird of the air; everything which goes on the land, and all the fishes of the
sea, are given into your hands. |
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Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to
you as before I gave you all green things. |
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But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food. |
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And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every
beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of
his brother-man. |
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Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God
made man in his image. |
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And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring on the earth and
become great in number. |
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And God said to Noah and to his sons, |
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Truly, I will make my agreement with you and with your seed after you, |
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And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every
beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you. |
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And I will make my agreement with you; never again will all flesh be cut
off by the waters; never again will the waters come over all the earth for its
destruction. |
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And God said, This is the sign of the agreement which I make between me
and you and every living thing with you, for all future generations: |
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I will put my bow in the cloud and it will be for a sign of the agreement
between me and the earth. |
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And whenever I make a cloud come over the earth, the bow will be seen in
the cloud, |
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And I will keep in mind the agreement between me and you and every living
thing; and never again will there be a great flow of waters causing destruction
to all flesh. |
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And the bow will be in the cloud, and looking on it, I will keep in mind
the eternal agreement between God and every living thing on the earth. |
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And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the agreement which I have made
between me and all flesh on the earth. |
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And the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth;
and Ham is the father of Canaan. |
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These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was
peopled. |
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In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden. |
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And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by drink; and he was
uncovered in his tent. |
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And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father unclothed, and gave news of
it to his two brothers outside. |
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And Shem and Japheth took a robe, and putting it on their backs went in
with their faces turned away, and put it over their father so that they might
not see him unclothed. |
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And, awaking from his wine, Noah saw what his youngest son had done to
him, and he said, |
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Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers. |
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And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his
servant. |
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May God make Japheth great, and let his living-place be in the tents of
Shem, and let Canaan be his servant. |
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And Noah went on living three hundred and fifty years after the great
flow of waters; |
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all the years of his life were nine hundred and fifty: and he came to his
end. |