[1] And God gave his blessing to Noah and his sons, and said, Be fertile,
and have increase, and make the earth full. [2] 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. [3] Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them
all to you as before I gave you all green things. [4] But flesh with the
life-blood in it you may not take for food. [5] 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. [6]
Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made
man in his image. [7] And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring
on the earth and become great in number. [8] And God said to Noah and to
his sons, [9] Truly, I will make my agreement with you and with your seed
after you, [10] 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. [11] 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. [12] 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: [13] I will put my bow in the cloud and it will be for a sign
of the agreement between me and the earth. [14] And whenever I make a cloud
come over the earth, the bow will be seen in the cloud, [15] 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. [16] 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. [17] And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the agreement
which I have made between me and all flesh on the earth. [18] And the sons
of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is the
father of Canaan. [19] These three were the sons of Noah and from them all
the earth was peopled. [20] In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made
a vine-garden. [21] And he took of the wine of it and was overcome by
drink; and he was uncovered in his tent. [22] And Ham, the father of
Canaan, saw his father unclothed, and gave news of it to his two brothers
outside. [23] 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. [24] And, awaking from his wine,
Noah saw what his youngest son had done to him, and he said, [25] Cursed be
Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers. [26] And he said,
Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his servant. [27] May
God make Japheth great, and let his living-place be in the tents of Shem,
and let Canaan be his servant. [28] And Noah went on living three hundred
and fifty years after the great flow of waters; [29] all the years of his
life were nine hundred and fifty: and he came to his end.