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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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God blessed Noah and his sons: He said, "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill the Earth!
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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Every living creature - birds, animals, fish - will fall under your spell and be afraid of you. You're responsible for them.
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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All living creatures are yours for food; just as I gave you the plants, now I give you everything else.
4 Only, you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
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Except for meat with its lifeblood still in it - don't eat that.
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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"But your own lifeblood I will avenge; I will avenge it against both animals and other humans.
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 sheds human blood, by humans let his blood be shed, Because God made humans in his image reflecting God's very nature.
7 And you, be fruitful and multiply, abound on the earth and multiply in it."
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You're here to bear fruit, reproduce, lavish life on the Earth, live bountifully!"
8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him,
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Then God spoke to Noah and his sons:
9 "As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you,
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"I'm setting up my covenant with you including your children who will come 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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along with everything alive around you - birds, farm animals, wild animals - that came out of the ship 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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I'm setting up my covenant with you that never again will everything living be destroyed by floodwaters; no, never again will a flood destroy the Earth."
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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God continued, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and everything living around you and everyone living after you.
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'm putting my rainbow in the clouds, a sign of the covenant 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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From now on, when I form a cloud over the Earth and the rainbow appears 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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I'll remember my covenant between me and you and everything living, that never again will floodwaters destroy all life.
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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When the rainbow appears in the cloud, I'll see it and remember the eternal covenant between God and everything living, every last living creature on 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, "This is the sign of the covenant that I've set up between me and everything living 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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The sons of Noah who came out of the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was 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 are the three sons of Noah; from these three the whole Earth was populated.
20 Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard.
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Noah, a farmer, was the first to plant a vineyard.
21 He drank some of the wine and became drunk, and he lay uncovered in his tent.
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He drank from its wine, got drunk and passed out, naked 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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Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and told his two brothers who were outside the tent.
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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Shem and Japheth took a cloak, held it between them from their shoulders, walked backwards and covered their father's nakedness, keeping their faces turned away so they did not see their father's exposed body.
24 When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him,
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When Noah woke up with his hangover, he learned what his youngest son had done.
25 he said, "Cursed be Canaan; lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers."
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He said, Cursed be Canaan! A slave of slaves, a slave 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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Blessed be God, the God of Shem, but Canaan shall be his slave.
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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God prosper Japheth, living spaciously in the tents of Shem. But Canaan shall be his slave.
28 After the flood Noah lived three hundred fifty years.
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Noah lived another 350 years following the flood.
29 All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years; and he died.
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He lived a total of 950 years. And he died.
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