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1 God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
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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.
2 The fear and dread of you shall rest on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the air, on everything that creeps on the ground, and on all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are delivered.
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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.
3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
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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.
4 Only, you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
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But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.
5 For your own lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning: from every animal I will require it and from human beings, each one for the blood of another, I will require a reckoning for human life.
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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.
6 Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human shall that person's blood be shed; for in his own image God made humankind.
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Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.
7 And you, be fruitful and multiply, abound on the earth and multiply in it."
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And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring on the earth and become great in number.
8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him,
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And God said to Noah and to his sons,
9 "As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you,
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Truly, I will make my agreement with you and with your seed after you,
10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark.
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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.
11 I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."
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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.
12 God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
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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:
13 I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
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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.
14 When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds,
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And whenever I make a cloud come over the earth, the bow will be seen in the cloud,
15 I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
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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.
16 When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
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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.
17 God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is 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.
18 The sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.
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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.
19 These three were the sons of Noah; and from these the whole earth was peopled.
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These three were the sons of Noah and from them all the earth was peopled.
20 Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard.
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In those days Noah became a farmer, and he made a vine-garden.
21 He drank some of the wine and became drunk, and he lay uncovered in his tent.
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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 the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
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And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father unclothed, and gave news of it to his two brothers outside.
23 Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
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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.
24 When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him,
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And, awaking from his wine, Noah saw what his youngest son had done to him, and he said,
25 he said, "Cursed be Canaan; lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers."
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Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.
26 He also said, "Blessed by the Lord my God be Shem; and let Canaan be his slave.
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And he said, Praise to the Lord, the God of Shem; let Canaan be his servant.
27 May God make space for Japheth, and let him live in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be his slave."
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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.
28 After the flood Noah lived three hundred fifty years.
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And Noah went on living three hundred and fifty years after the great flow of waters;
29 All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years; and he died.
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all the years of his life were nine hundred and fifty: and he came to his end.
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