Old Testament · Law

Genesis chapter 9

Then Elohim to Noah and his sons, telling them, “Have children, , and fill the earth.”Every living creature on the earth will be of you — every animal on land, every bird in the sky, everything that crawls on the ground, and every fish in the sea. They are all . will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants before, I now give you everything.But you must never eat meat with its — that is, its — still in it.And I will absolutely for your lifeblood. I will demand it from every animal, and I will demand it from every human being. From each person, I will demand an accounting for the life of their fellow human.Whoever of a human being — by a human being their blood will be spilled. Because Elohim made human beings in his own .Now be fruitful and multiply. Spread across the earth and fill it up.Then Elohim said to Noah and to his sons with him:“Pay attention — I am setting up my with you, with your descendants after you,and with every living creature that is with you — the birds, the livestock, and every wild animal with you, all those that came out of the ark — every living thing on earth.I am establishing my binding agreement with you: never again will all life be by floodwaters. Never again will a flood destroy the earth.”And Elohim said, “This is the of the binding agreement I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, for all generations to come:I have placed my in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the binding agreement between me and the earth.Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds,I will my binding agreement between me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.When the bow is in the clouds, I will look at it and remember the binding agreement between Elohim and every living creature of every kind on the earth.”Elohim said to Noah, “This is the sign of the binding agreement I have established between me and all life on the earth.”The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of .These three were Noah’s sons, and from them the entire earth’s population .Noah, a , was the first to plant a .He drank some of the wine, got drunk, and lay inside his tent.Ham, the father of Canaan, and went outside and told his two brothers.But Shem and Japheth took a , laid it across both their shoulders, walked in backward, and covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so they would not see their father exposed.When Noah woke up from his wine and found out what his had ,he said, “ be Canaan! He will be the to his brothers.”He also said, “ is , the Elohim of Shem! And let Canaan be his servant.May Elohim Japheth’s territory, and may he live in the . And let Canaan be his servant.”After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.