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 神與挪亞立約

 神賜福給挪亞和他的兒子,對他們說:「你們要生養眾多,遍滿這地。 地上一切的走獸、天空一切的飛鳥、所有爬行在土地上的和海裏一切的魚都必怕你們,畏懼你們,牠們都要交在你們手裏。 凡活的動物都可作你們的食物。這一切我都賜給你們,如同綠色的菜蔬一樣。 只是帶着生命的肉,就是帶着血的,你們不可吃。 流你們血、害你們命的,我必向他追討;我要向一切走獸追討,向人和向人的弟兄追討人命。 凡流人血的,他的血也必被人所流,因為 神造人,是照自己的形像造的。 你們要生養眾多,在地上繁衍昌盛。」

 神對挪亞和同他一起的兒子說: 「看哪,我要與你們和你們後裔立我的約, 10 包括和你們一起所有的生物,就是飛鳥、牲畜、地上一切的走獸,凡從方舟裏出來地上一切的生物。 11 我與你們立我的約:凡有血肉的,不再被洪水滅絕,也不再有洪水毀壞這地了。」 12  神說:「這是我與你們,以及和你們一起的一切生物所立之永約的記號,直到萬代: 13 我把彩虹放在雲中,這就是我與地立約的記號了。 14 我使雲遮地的時候,會有彩虹出現在雲中, 15 我就記念我與你們,以及各樣有血肉的生物所立的約:不再有洪水氾濫去毀滅一切有血肉的了。 16 彩虹出現在雲中,我看見了,就要記念 神與地上一切有血肉的生物所立的永約。」 17  神對挪亞說:「這就是我與地上一切有血肉的立約的記號。」

挪亞和他的兒子們

18 挪亞的兒子,從方舟出來的,有雅弗迦南的父親。 19 這是挪亞的三個兒子,他們的後裔散佈全地。 20 挪亞是農夫,是他開始栽葡萄園的。 21 他喝了一些酒就醉了,在他的帳棚裏赤着身子。 22 迦南的父親看見他父親赤身,就到外面告訴他的兩個兄弟。 23 於是雅弗拿了外衣搭在二人肩上,倒退着進去,遮蓋父親的赤身;他們背着臉,看不見父親的赤身。 24 挪亞酒醒以後,知道小兒子向他所做的事, 25 就說:

迦南當受詛咒,
必給他弟兄作奴僕的奴僕。」

26 又說:

「耶和華—的 神是應當稱頌的!
迦南的奴僕。
27 願 神使雅弗擴張,
願他住在的帳棚裏;
迦南作他的奴僕。」

28 洪水以後,挪亞又活了三百五十年。 29 挪亞共活了九百五十年,就死了。

God’s Covenant With Noah

Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.(A) The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands.(B) Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you.(C) Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.(D)

“But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.(E) And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.(F) I will demand an accounting from every animal.(G) And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.(H)

“Whoever sheds human blood,
    by humans shall their blood be shed;(I)
for in the image of God(J)
    has God made mankind.

As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”(K)

Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: “I now establish my covenant with you(L) and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. 11 I establish my covenant(M) with you:(N) Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.(O)

12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant(P) I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:(Q) 13 I have set my rainbow(R) in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow(S) appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant(T) between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.(U) 16 Whenever the rainbow(V) appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant(W) between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”

17 So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant(X) I have established between me and all life on the earth.”

The Sons of Noah

18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth.(Y) (Ham was the father of Canaan.)(Z) 19 These were the three sons of Noah,(AA) and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.(AB)

20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded[a] to plant a vineyard. 21 When he drank some of its wine,(AC) he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked(AD) and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.

24 When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said,

“Cursed(AE) be Canaan!(AF)
    The lowest of slaves
    will he be to his brothers.(AG)

26 He also said,

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem!(AH)
    May Canaan be the slave(AI) of Shem.
27 May God extend Japheth’s[b] territory;(AJ)
    may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,(AK)
    and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”

28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years. 29 Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.(AL)

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 9:20 Or soil, was the first
  2. Genesis 9:27 Japheth sounds like the Hebrew for extend.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.