Genesis 9:14-29

14 Whenever I form clouds over the earth, a rainbow will appear in the clouds.

15 Then I will remember my promise to you and every living animal. Never again will water become a flood to destroy all life.

16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember my everlasting promise to every living animal on earth."

17 So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the promise I am making to all life on earth."

18 Noah's sons, who came out of the ship, were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

19 These were Noah's three sons. From them the whole earth was populated. Ham was the father of Canaan.

20 Noah, a farmer, was the first person to plant a vineyard.

21 He drank some wine, got drunk, and lay naked inside his tent.

22 Ham, father of Canaan, saw his father naked. So he went outside and told his two brothers.

23 Shem and Japheth took a blanket and laid it over their shoulders. Then they walked in backwards and covered their father's naked body. They turned their faces away so that they didn't see their father naked.

24 When Noah sobered up, he found out what his youngest son had done to him.

25 So he said, "Canaan is cursed! He will be the lowest slave to his brothers.

26 Praise the LORD, the God of Shem! Canaan will be his slave.

27 May God expand the territory of Japheth. May he live in the tents of Shem. Canaan will be his slave."

28 Noah lived 350 years after the flood.

29 Noah lived a total of 950 years; then he died.

Genesis 9:14-29 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 9

In this chapter we have an account of God's blessing Noah and his sons, being just come out of the ark, with a renewal of the blessing of propagating their species, and replenishing the earth, the dominion over the creatures, and a freedom from the fear of them; with liberty to eat flesh, only it must not be eaten with blood; with a providential care and preservation of their lives from men and beasts, by making a law that that man or beast should die that shed man's blood, Ge 9:1-6 and after repeating the blessing of procreation, Ge 9:7 mention is made of a covenant God made with Noah, his sons, and all the creatures, that he would drown the world no more, the token of which should be the rainbow in the cloud, Ge 9:8-17 the names of the sons of Noah are observed, by whom the earth was repeopled, Ge 9:18,19 and seem to be observed for the sake of an event after recorded; Noah having planted a vineyard, and drank too freely of the wine of it, lay down uncovered in his tent, which Ham seeing, told his two brothers of it, who in a very modest manner covered him, Ge 9:20-23 of all which Noah being sensible when he awoke, cursed Canaan the son of Ham, and blessed Shem and Japheth, Ge 9:24-27 and the chapter is concluded with the age and death of Noah, Ge 9:28,29.