1. And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

2. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

3. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

4. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

5. And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

6. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

7. And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

8. And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,

9. And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

10. And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

11. And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

12. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

13. I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

14. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

15. And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

16. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

17. And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

18. And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

19. These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

20. And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

21. And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.

22. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

23. And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

24. And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

25. And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

26. And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

27. God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

28. And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

29. And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

1. And God blessed Noah, and his sonnes, and said vnto them, Bee fruitfull and multiply, and replenish the earth.

2. And the feare of you, & the dread of you shall be vpon euery beast of the earth, and vpon euery fowle of the aire, vpon all that mooueth vpon the earth, and vpon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they deliuered.

3. Euery mouing thing that liueth, shalbe meat for you; euen as the greene herbe haue I giuen you all things.

4. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall you not eate.

5. And surely your blood of your liues will I require: at the hand of euery beast will I require it, & at the hand of man, at the hand of euery mans brother will I require the life of man.

6. Who so sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

7. And you, be ye fruitfull, and multiply, bring foorth aboundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

8. And God spake vnto Noah, and to his sonnes with him, saying;

9. And I, behold, I establish my couenant with you, and with your seede after you:

10. And with euery liuing creature that is with you, of the fowle, of the cattell, and of euery beast of the earth with you, from all that goe out of the Arke, to euery beast of the earth.

11. And I wil establish my couenant with you, neither shal all flesh be cut off any more, by the waters of a flood, neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

12. And God said, This is the token of the Couenant which I make betweene mee and you, and euery liuing creature that is with you, for perpetuall generations.

13. Doe set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a couenant, betweene me and the earth.

14. And it shall come to passe, when I bring a cloud ouer the earth, that the bow shall be seene in the cloud.

15. And I will remember my couenant, which is betweene mee and you, and euery liuing creature of all flesh: and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

16. And the bow shalbe in the cloud; and I will looke vpon it, that I may remember the euerlasting couenant betweene God and euery liuing creature, of all flesh that is vpon the earth.

17. And God said vnto Noah, This is the token of the couenant, which I haue established betweene mee and all flesh, that is vpon the earth.

18. And the sonnes of Noah that went forth of the Arke, were Shem, and Ham, and Iaphet: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

19. These are the three sonnes of Noah: and of them was the whole earth ouerspread.

20. And Noah began to bee an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.

21. And he dranke of the wine, and was drunken, and hee was vncouered within his tent.

22. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakednesse of his father, and told his two brethren without.

23. And Shem and Iaphet tooke a garment, and layed it vpon both their shoulders, and went backward, and couered the nakednesse of their father, and their faces were backward, and they saw not their fathers nakednesse.

24. And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his yonger sonne had done vnto him.

25. And he said, Cursed bee Canaan: a seruant of seruants shall hee be vnto his brethren.

26. And hee saide, Blessed bee the LORD God of Shem, and Canaan shalbe his seruant.

27. God shall enlarge Iaphet, and he shal dwel in the tents of Shem, and Canaan shalbe his seruant.

28. And Noah liued after the flood, three hundred and fifty yeeres.

29. And all the dayes of Noah were nine hundred & fifty yeeres, and he died.

I == Gen 1:28 ; 9:7 , 19 ; 10:32

 

II == gen 1:28 ; Hos 2:18

 

 

 

III == Gen 1:29 ; Deut 12:15 ; 14:3 , 9 , 11 ; Acts 10:12-13 ; Rom 14:14 , 20 ; 1st Cor 10:23 , 26 ; Col 2:16 ; 1st Tim 4:3-4

IV == Lev 17:10-11 , 14 ; 19:26 ; Deut 12:23 ; Acts 15:20 , 29

V == Ex 21:28

VI == Ex 21:12 , 14 ; Lev 24:17 ; Matt 26:52 ; 1st Cor 11:7 ; Rev 13:10

VII == Gen 1:28 ; 8:1 , 19

 

 

 

IX == Gen 6:18 ; Isa 54:9

 

X == Ps 145:9

 

 

 

XI == Isa 54:9

 

 

 

XII == Gen 17:11

 

 

XIII == Rev 4:3

 

 

 

 

 

XV == Ex 28:12 ; Lev 26:42 , 45 ; Ezek 16:60

 

XVI == Gen 17:13 ; 19

 

 

 

XVIII == Gen 10:6

 

 

 

 

 

XIX == Gen 5:32 ; 10:32 ; 1st Chr 1:4

XX == Gen 3:19 ;, 23 ; 4:2 ; Prov 12:11

XXI == Prov 20:1 ; 1st Cor 10:12

 

 

 

XXIII == Ex 20:12 ; Gal 6:1

 

XXV == Deut 27:16 ; JOsh 9:23 ; 1st Kings 9:20-21

XXVI == Ps 144:15 ; Heb 11:16

XXVII == Eph 2:13-14 ; 3:6

 

 

 

1 God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them: "Be fertile and multiply and fill the earth.

2 Dread fear of you shall come upon all the animals of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon all the creatures that move about on the ground and all the fishes of the sea; into your power they are delivered.

3 Every creature that is alive shall be yours to eat; I give them all to you as I did the green plants.

4 Only flesh with its lifeblood still in it you shall not eat.

5 For your own lifeblood, too, I will demand an accounting: from every animal I will demand it, and from man in regard to his fellow man I will demand an accounting for human life.

6 If anyone sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; For in the image of God has man been made.

7 Be fertile, then, and multiply; abound on earth and subdue it."

8 God said to Noah and to his sons with him:

9 "See, I am now establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you

10 and with every living creature that was with you: all the birds, and the various tame and wild animals that were with you and came out of the ark.

11 I will establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all bodily creatures be destroyed by the waters of a flood; there shall not be another flood to devastate the earth."

12 God added: "This is the sign that I am giving for all ages to come, of the covenant between me and you and every living creature with you:

13 I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

14 When I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow appears in the clouds,

15 I will recall the covenant I have made between me and you and all living beings, so that the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all mortal beings.

16 As the bow appears in the clouds, I will see it and recall the everlasting covenant that I have established between God and all living beings - all mortal creatures that are on earth."

17 God told Noah: "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all mortal creatures that are on earth."

18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)

19 These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was peopled.

20 Now Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard.

21 When he drank some of the wine, he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent.

22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness, and he told his two brothers outside about it.

23 Shem and Japheth, however, took a robe, and holding it on their backs, they walked backward and covered their father's nakedness; since their faces were turned the other way, they did not see their father's nakedness.

24 When Noah woke up from his drunkenness and learned what his youngest son had done to him,

25 he said: "Cursed be Caanan! The lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers."

26 He also said: "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! Let Canaan be his slave.

27 May God expand Japheth, so that he dwells among the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be his slave."

28 Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood.

29 The whole lifetime of Noah was nine hundred and fifty years; then he died.

v 1. Noah and sons are to be progenitors of the human race as Adam once was.

v 2. Adam dominated without animals need to fear. Now many creatures will flee humans if not molested, the others are subject to man’s greater skills and weapons.

v 3. Men were to be vegetarians before the flood,  Probably had no desire to try meat. Perhaps changes brought on by the flood, made this change a bette diet.

v 4. This is the sanctity of blood and life, reminded in Deut. 12:16, Acts 21:25.

v 5,6. This establishes human government and the order for capital punishment. . It is not a contradiction of Ex. 20:13, “Thou shalt not kill,\”, and the Lord commands the killing in war. Obviously , executioners are exempt when ordered by government, but no personal vengeance allowed. Later regulations were given regarding trials. Today’s unfair court system jeopardizes capital punishment as a policy.

v 7. A restatement of verse 1.

v 9-11. This was an unconditional covenant and it extended even to animal life, that no matter what mankind did, there would never be another world wide flood. Creeping things are not mentioned in verse 10, but compare Gen. 6:20, they came out of the ark and are included. Fish were not in the ark, but many survived the cataclysm.

 

v 12-17. With the vapor canopy over earth there had probably not been a rainbow before, but at least now it was the sign of the covenant, even to us. God remembers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

v 18-24. Surely there was wine fermentation before the flood, but Noah slipped into sin and obscurity. Perhaps this was near the end of his life and intended to be a celebration to bless his sons. Relaxation of inhibitions by drinking has long resulted in nakedness. There is no hint here of homosexuality done to him, Ham just did not honor his father, but rejoiced at his condition. Perhaps he had been reprimanded for intoxication. Nudity was such a shame that two sons discreetly covered Noah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

v 25. Ham’s blessing turned to a curse (Deut. 27:16), on his family and judgment on his son Canaan. Perhaps he was involved in the mockery or lived a similar evil life. The Canaanites were powerful but finally brought into subjection. (Perhaps it resulted to a lesser degree upon other sons  Egypt, Ethiopia and slavery of Africans, but it is shameful for any person to have had a part in that subjection or later discrimination.)

v 26,27. Canaan would be servant to both Shem and Japheth. How grieved Noah must have been to see prophetically what would happen to Canaan, to mention it three times. This prophecy may have come many years later and was similar to Israel’s   before he died. Japheth would get the double portion and be enlarged, populating much of Europe, northern Asia and America and the major developer of arts and crafts. The priesthood would come through Shem and through him, the redeemer, Jesus Christ. It is through trust in Him that  we come to dwell in the tents of Shem. Also, ancestors of Japheth are on better terms generally with Shem than those of Ham.

v 28.29. The last to live to this great age. Age declined, but not suddenly as would seem to be the case if the elimination of the vapor surrounding the earth by the flood was the deciding factor on health.