◆アダムの系図
5:1 これはアダムの系図の書である。神は人を創造された日、神に似せてこれを造られ、
5:2 男と女に創造された。創造の日に、彼らを祝福されて、人と名付けられた。
5:3 アダムは百三十歳になったとき、自分に似た、自分にかたどった男の子をもうけた。アダムはその子をセトと名付けた。
5:4 アダムは、セトが生まれた後八百年生きて、息子や娘をもうけた。
5:5 アダムは九百三十年生き、そして死んだ。
5:6 セトは百五歳になったとき、エノシュをもうけた。
5:7 セトは、エノシュが生まれた後八百七年生きて、息子や娘をもうけた。
5:8 セトは九百十二年生き、そして死んだ。
5:9 エノシュは九十歳になったとき、ケナンをもうけた。
5:10 エノシュは、ケナンが生まれた後八百十五年生きて、息子や娘をもうけた。
5:11 エノシュは九百五年生き、そして死んだ。
5:12 ケナンは七十歳になったとき、マハラルエルをもうけた。
5:13 ケナンは、マハラルエルが生まれた後八百四十年生きて、息子や娘をもうけた。
5:14 ケナンは九百十年生き、そして死んだ。
5:15 マハラルエルは六十五歳になったとき、イエレドをもうけた。
5:16 マハラルエルは、イエレドが生まれた後八百三十年生きて、息子や娘をもうけた。
5:17 マハラルエルは八百九十五年生き、そして死んだ。
5:18 イエレドは百六十二歳になったとき、エノクをもうけた。
5:19 イエレドは、エノクが生まれた後八百年生きて、息子や娘をもうけた。
5:20 イエレドは九百六十二年生き、そして死んだ。
5:21 エノクは六十五歳になったとき、メトシェラをもうけた。
5:22 エノクは、メトシェラが生まれた後、三百年神と共に歩み、息子や娘をもうけた。
5:23 エノクは三百六十五年生きた。
5:24 エノクは神と共に歩み、神が取られたのでいなくなった。
5:25 メトシェラは百八十七歳になったとき、レメクをもうけた。
5:26 メトシェラは、レメクが生まれた後七百八十二年生きて、息子や娘をもうけた。
5:27 メトシェラは九百六十九年生き、そして死んだ。
5:28 レメクは百八十二歳になったとき、男の子をもうけた。
5:29 彼は、「主の呪いを受けた大地で働く我々の手の苦労を、この子は慰めてくれるであろう」と言って、その子をノア（慰め）と名付けた。
5:30 レメクは、ノアが生まれた後五百九十五年生きて、息子や娘をもうけた。
5:31 レメクは七百七十七年生き、そして死んだ。
5:32 ノアは五百歳になったとき、セム、ハム、ヤフェトをもうけた。
◆洪水
6:1 さて、地上に人が増え始め、娘たちが生まれた。
6:2 神の子らは、人の娘たちが美しいのを見て、おのおの選んだ者を妻にした。
6:3 主は言われた。「わたしの霊は人の中に永久にとどまるべきではない。人は肉にすぎないのだから。」こうして、人の一生は百二十年となった。
6:4 当時もその後も、地上にはネフィリムがいた。これは、神の子らが人の娘たちのところに入って産ませた者であり、大昔の名高い英雄たちであった。
6:5 主は、地上に人の悪が増し、常に悪いことばかりを心に思い計っているのを御覧になって、
6:6 地上に人を造ったことを後悔し、心を痛められた。
6:7 主は言われた。「わたしは人を創造したが、これを地上からぬぐい去ろう。人だけでなく、家畜も這うものも空の鳥も。わたしはこれらを造ったことを後悔する。」
6:8 しかし、ノアは主の好意を得た。
6:9 これはノアの物語である。その世代の中で、ノアは神に従う無垢な人であった。ノアは神と共に歩んだ。
6:10 ノアには三人の息子、セム、ハム、ヤフェトが生まれた。
6:11 この地は神の前に堕落し、不法に満ちていた。
6:12 神は地を御覧になった。見よ、それは堕落し、すべて肉なる者はこの地で堕落の道を歩んでいた。
6:13 神はノアに言われた。「すべて肉なるものを終わらせる時がわたしの前に来ている。彼らのゆえに不法が地に満ちている。見よ、わたしは地もろとも彼らを滅ぼす。
6:14 あなたはゴフェルの木の箱舟を造りなさい。箱舟には小部屋を幾つも造り、内側にも外側にもタールを塗りなさい。
6:15 次のようにしてそれを造りなさい。箱舟の長さを三百アンマ、幅を五十アンマ、高さを三十アンマにし、
6:16 箱舟に明かり取りを造り、上から一アンマにして、それを仕上げなさい。箱舟の側面には戸口を造りなさい。また、一階と二階と三階を造りなさい。
6:17 見よ、わたしは地上に洪水をもたらし、命の霊をもつ、すべて肉なるものを天の下から滅ぼす。地上のすべてのものは息絶える。
6:18 わたしはあなたと契約を立てる。あなたは妻子や嫁たちと共に箱舟に入りなさい。
6:19 また、すべて命あるもの、すべて肉なるものから、二つずつ箱舟に連れて入り、あなたと共に生き延びるようにしなさい。それらは、雄と雌でなければならない。
6:20 それぞれの鳥、それぞれの家畜、それぞれの地を這うものが、二つずつあなたのところへ来て、生き延びるようにしなさい。
6:21 更に、食べられる物はすべてあなたのところに集め、あなたと彼らの食糧としなさい。」
6:22 ノアは、すべて神が命じられたとおりに果たした。
7:1 主はノアに言われた。「さあ、あなたとあなたの家族は皆、箱舟に入りなさい。この世代の中であなただけはわたしに従う人だと、わたしは認めている。
7:2 あなたは清い動物をすべて七つがいずつ取り、また、清くない動物をすべて一つがいずつ取りなさい。
7:3 空の鳥も七つがい取りなさい。全地の面に子孫が生き続けるように。
7:4 七日の後、わたしは四十日四十夜地上に雨を降らせ、わたしが造ったすべての生き物を地の面からぬぐい去ることにした。」
7:5 ノアは、すべて主が命じられたとおりにした。
7:6 ノアが六百歳のとき、洪水が地上に起こり、水が地の上にみなぎった。
7:7 ノアは妻子や嫁たちと共に洪水を免れようと箱舟に入った。
7:8 清い動物も清くない動物も、鳥も地を這うものもすべて、
7:9 二つずつ箱舟のノアのもとに来た。それは神がノアに命じられたとおりに、雄と雌であった。
7:10 七日が過ぎて、洪水が地上に起こった。
7:11 ノアの生涯の第六百年、第二の月の十七日、この日、大いなる深淵の源がことごとく裂け、天の窓が開かれた。
7:12 雨が四十日四十夜地上に降り続いたが、
7:13 まさにこの日、ノアも、息子のセム、ハム、ヤフェト、ノアの妻、この三人の息子の嫁たちも、箱舟に入った。
7:14 彼らと共にそれぞれの獣、それぞれの家畜、それぞれの地を這うもの、それぞれの鳥、小鳥や翼のあるものすべて、
7:15 命の霊をもつ肉なるものは、二つずつノアのもとに来て箱舟に入った。
7:16 神が命じられたとおりに、すべて肉なるものの雄と雌とが来た。主は、ノアの後ろで戸を閉ざされた。
7:17 洪水は四十日間地上を覆った。水は次第に増して箱舟を押し上げ、箱舟は大地を離れて浮かんだ。
7:18 水は勢力を増し、地の上に大いにみなぎり、箱舟は水の面を漂った。
7:19 水はますます勢いを加えて地上にみなぎり、およそ天の下にある高い山はすべて覆われた。
7:20 水は勢いを増して更にその上十五アンマに達し、山々を覆った。
7:21 地上で動いていた肉なるものはすべて、鳥も家畜も獣も地に群がり這うものも人も、ことごとく息絶えた。
7:22 乾いた地のすべてのもののうち、その鼻に命の息と霊のあるものはことごとく死んだ。
7:23 地の面にいた生き物はすべて、人をはじめ、家畜、這うもの、空の鳥に至るまでぬぐい去られた。彼らは大地からぬぐい去られ、ノアと、彼と共に箱舟にいたものだけが残った。
7:24 水は百五十日の間、地上で勢いを失わなかった。
8:1 神は、ノアと彼と共に箱舟にいたすべての獣とすべての家畜を御心に留め、地の上に風を吹かせられたので、水が減り始めた。
8:2 また、深淵の源と天の窓が閉じられたので、天からの雨は降りやみ、
8:3 水は地上からひいて行った。百五十日の後には水が減って、
8:4 第七の月の十七日に箱舟はアララト山の上に止まった。
8:5 水はますます減って第十の月になり、第十の月の一日には山々の頂が現れた。
8:6 四十日たって、ノアは自分が造った箱舟の窓を開き、
8:7 烏を放した。烏は飛び立ったが、地上の水が乾くのを待って、出たり入ったりした。
8:8 ノアは鳩を彼のもとから放して、地の面から水がひいたかどうかを確かめようとした。
8:9 しかし、鳩は止まる所が見つからなかったので、箱舟のノアのもとに帰って来た。水がまだ全地の面を覆っていたからである。ノアは手を差し伸べて鳩を捕らえ、箱舟の自分のもとに戻した。
8:10 更に七日待って、彼は再び鳩を箱舟から放した。
8:11 鳩は夕方になってノアのもとに帰って来た。見よ、鳩はくちばしにオリーブの葉をくわえていた。ノアは水が地上からひいたことを知った。
8:12 彼は更に七日待って、鳩を放した。鳩はもはやノアのもとに帰って来なかった。
8:13 ノアが六百一歳のとき、最初の月の一日に、地上の水は乾いた。ノアは箱舟の覆いを取り外して眺めた。見よ、地の面は乾いていた。
8:14 第二の月の二十七日になると、地はすっかり乾いた。
8:15 神はノアに仰せになった。
8:16 「さあ、あなたもあなたの妻も、息子も嫁も、皆一緒に箱舟から出なさい。
8:17 すべて肉なるもののうちからあなたのもとに来たすべての動物、鳥も家畜も地を這うものも一緒に連れ出し、地に群がり、地上で子を産み、増えるようにしなさい。」
8:18 そこで、ノアは息子や妻や嫁と共に外へ出た。
8:19 獣、這うもの、鳥、地に群がるもの、それぞれすべて箱舟から出た。
8:20 ノアは主のために祭壇を築いた。そしてすべての清い家畜と清い鳥のうちから取り、焼き尽くす献げ物として祭壇の上にささげた。
8:21 主は宥めの香りをかいで、御心に言われた。「人に対して大地を呪うことは二度とすまい。人が心に思うことは、幼いときから悪いのだ。わたしは、この度したように生き物をことごとく打つことは、二度とすまい。
8:22 地の続くかぎり、種蒔きも刈り入れも／寒さも暑さも、夏も冬も／昼も夜も、やむことはない。」
◆祝福と契約
9:1 神はノアと彼の息子たちを祝福して言われた。「産めよ、増えよ、地に満ちよ。
9:2 地のすべての獣と空のすべての鳥は、地を這うすべてのものと海のすべての魚と共に、あなたたちの前に恐れおののき、あなたたちの手にゆだねられる。
9:3 動いている命あるものは、すべてあなたたちの食糧とするがよい。わたしはこれらすべてのものを、青草と同じようにあなたたちに与える。
9:4 ただし、肉は命である血を含んだまま食べてはならない。
9:5 また、あなたたちの命である血が流された場合、わたしは賠償を要求する。いかなる獣からも要求する。人間どうしの血については、人間から人間の命を賠償として要求する。
9:6 人の血を流す者は／人によって自分の血を流される。人は神にかたどって造られたからだ。
9:7 あなたたちは産めよ、増えよ／地に群がり、地に増えよ。」
9:8 神はノアと彼の息子たちに言われた。
9:9 「わたしは、あなたたちと、そして後に続く子孫と、契約を立てる。
9:10 あなたたちと共にいるすべての生き物、またあなたたちと共にいる鳥や家畜や地のすべての獣など、箱舟から出たすべてのもののみならず、地のすべての獣と契約を立てる。
9:11 わたしがあなたたちと契約を立てたならば、二度と洪水によって肉なるものがことごとく滅ぼされることはなく、洪水が起こって地を滅ぼすことも決してない。」
9:12 更に神は言われた。「あなたたちならびにあなたたちと共にいるすべての生き物と、代々とこしえにわたしが立てる契約のしるしはこれである。
9:13 すなわち、わたしは雲の中にわたしの虹を置く。これはわたしと大地の間に立てた契約のしるしとなる。
9:14 わたしが地の上に雲を湧き起こらせ、雲の中に虹が現れると、
9:15 わたしは、わたしとあなたたちならびにすべての生き物、すべて肉なるものとの間に立てた契約に心を留める。水が洪水となって、肉なるものをすべて滅ぼすことは決してない。
9:16 雲の中に虹が現れると、わたしはそれを見て、神と地上のすべての生き物、すべて肉なるものとの間に立てた永遠の契約に心を留める。」
9:17 神はノアに言われた。「これが、わたしと地上のすべて肉なるものとの間に立てた契約のしるしである。」
◆ノアと息子たち
9:18 箱舟から出たノアの息子は、セム、ハム、ヤフェトであった。ハムはカナンの父である。
9:19 この三人がノアの息子で、全世界の人々は彼らから出て広がったのである。
9:20 さて、ノアは農夫となり、ぶどう畑を作った。
9:21 あるとき、ノアはぶどう酒を飲んで酔い、天幕の中で裸になっていた。
9:22 カナンの父ハムは、自分の父の裸を見て、外にいた二人の兄弟に告げた。
9:23 セムとヤフェトは着物を取って自分たちの肩に掛け、後ろ向きに歩いて行き、父の裸を覆った。二人は顔を背けたままで、父の裸を見なかった。
9:24 ノアは酔いからさめると、末の息子がしたことを知り、
9:25 こう言った。「カナンは呪われよ／奴隷の奴隷となり、兄たちに仕えよ。」
9:26 また言った。「セムの神、主をたたえよ。カナンはセムの奴隷となれ。
9:27 神がヤフェトの土地を広げ（ヤフェト）／セムの天幕に住まわせ／カナンはその奴隷となれ。」
9:28 ノアは、洪水の後三百五十年生きた。
9:29 ノアは九百五十歳になって、死んだ。
5:1 This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.
5:2 He created them male and female, and blessed them and called them Mankind in the day they were created.
5:3 And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
5:4 After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters.
5:5 So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.
5:6 Seth lived one hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.
5:7 After he begot Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters.
5:8 So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died.
5:9 Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Cainan.
5:10 After he begot Cainan, Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters.
5:11 So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.
5:12 Cainan lived seventy years, and begot Mahalalel.
5:13 After he begot Mahalalel, Cainan lived eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters.
5:14 So all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died.
5:15 Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and begot Jared.
5:16 After he begot Jared, Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters.
5:17 So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.
5:18 Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and begot Enoch.
5:19 After he begot Enoch, Jared lived eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters.
5:20 So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years; and he died.
5:21 Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah.
5:22 After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters.
5:23 So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.
5:24 And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
5:25 Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and begot Lamech.
5:26 After he begot Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters.
5:27 So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.
5:28 Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and had a son.
5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, "This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord has cursed."
5:30 After he begot Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters.
5:31 So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died.
5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
6:1 Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,
6:2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
6:3 And the Lord said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."
6:4 There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
6:5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6:6 And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
6:7 So the Lord said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them."
6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
6:9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.
6:10 And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
6:12 So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
6:13 And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
6:14 "Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.
6:15 "And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
6:16 "You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.
6:17 "And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.
6:18 "But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark-you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
6:19 "And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
6:20 "Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.
6:21 "And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them."
6:22 Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.
7:1 Then the Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.
7:2 "You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female;
7:3 "also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth.
7:4 "For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made."
7:5 And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him.
7:6 Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the earth.
7:7 So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.
7:8 Of clean animals, of animals that are unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth,
7:9 two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
7:10 And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.
7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
7:12 And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
7:13 On the very same day Noah and Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark-
7:14 they and every beast after its kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.
7:15 And they went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life.
7:16 So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in.
7:17 Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
7:18 The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters.
7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered.
7:20 The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
7:21 And all flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.
7:22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died.
7:23 So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive.
7:24 And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.
8:1 Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.
8:2 The fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
8:3 And the waters receded continually from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.
8:4 Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
8:6 So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
8:7 Then he sent out a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth.
8:8 He also sent out from himself a dove, to see if the waters had receded from the face of the ground.
8:9 But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned into the ark to him, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her, and drew her into the ark to himself.
8:10 And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark.
8:11 Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
8:12 So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return again to him anymore.
8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and indeed the surface of the ground was dry.
8:14 And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried.
8:15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying,
8:16 "Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you.
8:17 "Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
8:18 So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him.
8:19 Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.
8:20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
8:21 And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, "I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.
8:22 "While the earth remains,Seedtime and harvest,Cold and heat,Winter and summer,And day and nightShall not cease."
9:1 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
9:2 "And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.
9:3 "Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herbs.
9:4 "But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
9:5 "Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man's brother I will require the life of man.
9:6 "Whoever sheds man's blood,By man his blood shall be shed;For in the image of GodHe made man.
9:7 And as for you, be fruitful and multiply;Bring forth abundantly in the earthAnd multiply in it."
9:8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying:
9:9 "And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you,
9:10 "and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth.
9:11 "Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."
9:12 And God said: "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
9:13 "I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
9:14 "It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud;
9:15 "and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
9:16 "The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
9:17 And 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."
9:18 Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
9:19 These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
9:20 And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
9:21 Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.
9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
9:23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
9:24 So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him.
9:25 Then he said:"Cursed be Canaan;A servant of servantsHe shall be to his brethren."
9:26 And he said:"Blessed be the Lord,The God of Shem,And may Canaan be his servant.
9:27 May God enlarge Japheth,And may he dwell in the tents of Shem;And may Canaan be his servant."
9:28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
9:29 So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.