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El pacto de Dios con Noé

Dios dio esta bendición a Noé y a sus hijos: «Tengan muchos hijos y vuelvan a llenar la tierra. Todos los animales de la tierra temblarán de miedo delante de ustedes. Todas las bestias de la tierra, todas las aves, todos los reptiles y todos los peces se tendrán que someter a ustedes. Les doy todos los animales, lo mismo que las plantas y verduras para que los usen para su alimentación. Pero no deberán comer animales sin haberles sacado la sangre, porque la vida está en la sangre. Si un animal mata a un ser humano, yo lo castigaré. También castigaré a cualquier persona que mate a otro ser humano. Sí, yo pediré cuentas a cualquier animal o persona que mate a un ser humano. El que mate a una persona, otra persona lo matará a él; porque los seres humanos fueron creados a la imagen de Dios.

»Ustedes recuerden: “Tengan muchos hijos y vuelvan a poblar la tierra; ¡sí, multiplíquense y llenen la tierra!”».

8-11 Entonces Dios les dijo a Noé y a sus hijos: «Hoy mismo hago un pacto con ustedes, con todo hombre y mujer que nazca después de ustedes, y con todos los animales que están con ustedes y que salieron del barco, es decir, con los animales domésticos y salvajes, con las aves y con todos los demás animales que hay en la tierra. Por medio de este pacto les prometo que nunca más enviaré otro diluvio para destruir la tierra. ¡Nunca más mataré a ningún ser viviente por medio de un diluvio!».

12-13 Además, Dios dijo: «El arco iris servirá de señal para recordar este pacto que acabo de hacer con ustedes y con todos los animales. Sí, cada vez que aparezca el arco iris sobre las nubes les recordará la promesa que he hecho a toda la tierra. 14-16 Cuando yo cubra de nubes la tierra, también haré que aparezca el arco iris. De ese modo me acordaré de la promesa que les he hecho a ustedes y a todos los demás seres vivos de la tierra. Así que nunca más los destruiré por medio de un diluvio. 17 No lo olviden: Esta es la señal del pacto que acabo de hacer con ustedes y con todo ser viviente en la tierra».

Los hijos de Noé

18 Los tres hijos de Noé fueron: Sem, Cam y Jafet. (Cam es el padre de Canaán). 19 De estos tres hijos de Noé proceden todas las naciones de la tierra.

20-21 Noé, que era agricultor, plantó una viña e hizo vino. Un día bebió tanto vino que se emborrachó y se quedó desnudo, tendido en el piso de su carpa. 22 En esas, Cam, el padre de Canaán, entró a la carpa y vio a Noé desnudo. Al salir de la carpa le contó a sus hermanos que había visto a su padre desnudo. 23 Entonces Sem y Jafet tomaron una túnica, se la echaron sobre los hombros y, para evitar ver la desnudez de su padre, entraron caminando hacia atrás y lo cubrieron. 24-25 Cuando Noé despertó de su borrachera y supo lo que le había hecho su hijo menor, dijo:

«¡Maldito sea Canaán y sus descendientes!

¡Serán esclavos de los descendientes de Sem y Jafet!

¡Serán los esclavos de más bajo rango!».

26 Luego Noé dijo:

«¡Bendito sea el Señor, Dios de Sem!

¡Que Canaán sea esclavo de Sem!

27 ¡Que Dios prospere mucho a Jafet,

y que viva en los campamentos de Sem!

¡Que Canaán sea esclavo de Jafet!».

28 Noé vivió otros trescientos cincuenta años después del diluvio, 29 y tenía novecientos cincuenta años cuando murió.

God’s Promise to Noah

So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: (A)“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. (B)And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand. (C)Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you (D)all things, even as the (E)green herbs. (F)But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; (G)from the hand of every beast I will require it, and (H)from the hand of man. From the hand of every (I)man’s brother I will require the life of man.

“Whoever (J)sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
(K)For in the image of God
He made man.
And as for you, (L)be fruitful and multiply;
Bring forth abundantly in the earth
And multiply in it.”

Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: “And as for Me, (M)behold, I establish (N)My covenant with you and with your [a]descendants after you, 10 (O)and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth. 11 Thus (P)I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

12 And God said: (Q)“This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I set (R)My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. 14 It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; 15 and (S)I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 The rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember (T)the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

Noah and His Sons

18 Now the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (U)And Ham was the father of Canaan. 19 (V)These three were the sons of Noah, (W)and from these the whole earth was populated.

20 And Noah began to be (X)a farmer, and he planted a vineyard. 21 Then he drank of the wine (Y)and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. 23 (Z)But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were [b]turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.

24 So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him. 25 Then he said:

(AA)“Cursed be Canaan;
A (AB)servant of servants
He shall be to his brethren.”

26 And he said:

(AC)“Blessed be the Lord,
The God of Shem,
And may Canaan be his servant.
27 May God (AD)enlarge Japheth,
(AE)And may he dwell in the tents of Shem;
And may Canaan be his servant.”

28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 9:9 Lit. seed
  2. Genesis 9:23 Lit. backwards

And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, (A)“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. (B)The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered. (C)Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And (D)as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. But you shall not eat flesh with its (E)life, that is, its blood. And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: (F)from every beast I will require it and (G)from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.

(H)“Whoever sheds the blood of man,
    by man shall his blood be shed,
(I)for God made man in his own image.

And you,[a] be fruitful and multiply, increase greatly on the earth and multiply in it.”

Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, “Behold, (J)I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you, 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark; it is for every beast of the earth. 11 (K)I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12 And God said, (L)“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 have set (M)my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, 15 (N)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 When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember (O)the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 17 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.”

Noah's Descendants

18 The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were (P)Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 19 These three were the sons of Noah, and (Q)from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed.[b]

20 Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.[c] 21 He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. 23 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 backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness. 24 When Noah awoke from his wine (R)and knew what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said,

(S)“Cursed be Canaan;
    (T)a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

26 He also said,

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem;
    and let Canaan be his servant.
27 May God enlarge Japheth,[d]
    and let him dwell in the tents of Shem,
    and let Canaan be his servant.”

28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years. 29 All the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 9:7 In Hebrew you is plural
  2. Genesis 9:19 Or from these the whole earth was populated
  3. Genesis 9:20 Or Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard
  4. Genesis 9:27 Japheth sounds like the Hebrew for enlarge