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 神賜福挪亞,與他立約

 神賜福給挪亞和他的兒子,對他們說:“你們要繁衍增多,充滿大地。 地上各樣的走獸,空中各樣的飛鳥,甚至地上各樣爬行的動物,和海裡各樣的魚類,都要對你們驚恐懼怕;這一切都已經交在你們手裡了。 所有活著的動物都可以作你們的食物,我把這一切都賜給你們,好像我把青菜賜給了你們一樣。 唯獨帶著生命的肉,就是帶著血的肉,你們卻不可吃。 流你們的血、害你們生命的,我必向他們追償;無論是走獸或人類,甚至各人自己的兄弟,我必要他償命。

流人血的,

人也必流他的血;

因為 神造人,

是按著他自己的形象。

你們要繁衍增多;

要在地上滋生、增多。”

 神告訴挪亞和與他在一起的兒子說: “看哪,我現在與你們和你們的後裔立約, 10 並且與所有跟你們在一起有生命的活物立約,包括飛鳥、牲畜和所有地上的走獸,就是與從方舟裡出來的立約。 11 我要與你們立約:凡有生命的必不再被洪水除滅,再沒有洪水來毀滅大地了。” 12  神說:“這就是我與你們,與一切跟你們同在有生命的活物所立之約的記號,直到萬代; 13 我把彩虹放在雲彩中,作我與大地立約的記號。 14 我使雲彩遮蓋大地時,彩虹出現雲彩中, 15 我就記念我與你們和一切有生命的活物所立的約:

水不再成為洪水,

來毀滅凡有生命的。

16 彩虹在雲彩中出現,

我看見了就記念

我與地上一切有生命的活物,所立的永約。”

17  神對挪亞說:“這就是我與地上凡有生命的立約的記號。”

挪亞的兒子

18 挪亞的兒子,從方舟裡出來的,就是閃、含、雅弗;含是迦南的父親。 19 這三個人是挪亞的兒子,全地的人都是從這些人播散開來的。

挪亞的過失

20 挪亞作起農夫來,栽種葡萄園。 21 他喝酒,喝醉了,就在帳棚裡光著身子。 22 迦南的父親含看見了自己父親的下體,就去告訴在外面的兩個兄弟。 23 於是,閃和雅弗二人拿了件外衣,搭在自己的肩膀上,倒退著進去,蓋上他們父親的下體;因為他們背著臉,所以沒有看見他們父親的下體。

挪亞對兒子的咒詛與祝福

24 挪亞酒醒以後,知道小兒子對他所作的事, 25 就說:

“迦南應當受咒詛,

他必給自己的兄弟,

作奴僕的奴僕。”

26 又說:

“耶和華,閃的 神,

是應當稱頌的;願迦南作他的奴僕。

27 願 神使雅弗擴展,

使雅弗住在閃的帳棚裡;

願迦南作他的奴僕。”

挪亞逝世

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歲,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.