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1 And God blessed Noe and his sons. And he said to them: Increase, and multiply, and fill the earth.
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God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
2 And let the fear and dread of you be upon all the beasts of the earth, and upon all the fowls of the air, and all that move upon the earth: all the fishes of the sea are delivered into your hand.
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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.
3 And every thing that moveth, and liveth shall be meat for you: even as the green herbs have I delivered them all to you:
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Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
4 Saving that flesh with blood you shall not eat.
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Only, you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.
5 For I will require the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast, and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man, and of his brother, will I require the life of man.
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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.
6 Whosoever shall shed man’s blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.
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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.
7 But increase you and multiply, and go upon the earth and fill it.
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And you, be fruitful and multiply, abound on the earth and multiply in it."
8 Thus also said God to Noe, and to his sons with him:
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Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him,
9 Behold I will establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you:
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"As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you,
10 And with every living soul that is with you, as well in all birds, as in cattle and beasts of the earth, that are come forth out of the ark, and in all the beasts of the earth.
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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.
11 I will establish my covenant with you, and all flesh shall be no more destroyed with the waters of a flood, neither shall there be from henceforth a flood to waste the earth.
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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."
12 And God said: This is the sign of the covenant which I give between me and you, and to every living soul that is with you, for perpetual generations.
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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:
13 I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be the sign of a covenant between me and between the earth.
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I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
14 And when I shall cover the sky with clouds, my bow shall appear in the clouds:
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When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds,
15 And I will remember my covenant with you, and with every living soul that beareth flesh: and there shall no more be waters of a flood to destroy all flesh.
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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.
16 And the bow shall be in the clouds, and I shall see it, and shall remember the everlasting covenant, that was made between God and every living soul of all flesh which is upon the earth.
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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."
17 And God said to Noe: This shall be the sign of the covenant, which I have established, between me and all flesh upon the earth.
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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."
18 And the sons of Noe, who came out of the ark, were Sem, Cham, and Japheth: and Cham is the father of Chanaan.
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The sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.
19 These three are the sons of Noe: and from these was all mankind spread over the whole earth.
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These three were the sons of Noah; and from these the whole earth was peopled.
20 And Noe a husbandman began to till the ground, and planted a vineyard.
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Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard.
21 And drinking of the wine was made drunk, and was uncovered in his tent.
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He drank some of the wine and became drunk, and he lay uncovered in his tent.
22 Which when Cham the father of Chanaan had seen, to wit, that his father’s nakedness was uncovered, he told it to his two brethren without.
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And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
23 But Sem and Japheth put a cloak upon their shoulders, and going backward, covered the nakedness of their father: and their faces were turned away, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
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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.
24 And Noe awaking from the wine, when he had learned what his younger son had done to him,
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When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him,
25 He said: Cursed be Chanaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
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he said, "Cursed be Canaan; lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers."
26 And he said: Blessed be the Lord God of Sem, be Chanaan his servant.
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He also said, "Blessed by the Lord my God be Shem; and let Canaan be his slave.
27 May God enlarge Japheth, and may he dwell in the tents of Sem, and Chanaan be his servant.
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May God make space for Japheth, and let him live in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be his slave."
28 And Noe lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
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After the flood Noah lived three hundred fifty years.
29 And all his days were in the whole nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
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All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years; and he died.
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