Génesis 9
Nueva Traducción Viviente
Dios confirma su pacto
9 Después Dios bendijo a Noé y a sus hijos, y les dijo: «Sean fructíferos y multiplíquense; llenen la tierra. 2 Todos los animales de la tierra, todas las aves del cielo, todos los animales pequeños que corren por el suelo y todos los peces del mar tendrán temor y terror de ustedes. Yo los he puesto bajo su autoridad. 3 Se los he dado a ustedes como alimento, como les he dado también los granos y las verduras; 4 pero nunca deben comer de ninguna carne con su vida, es decir, que aún tenga sangre.
5 »Yo exigiré la sangre de cualquiera que le quite la vida a otra persona. Si un animal salvaje mata a una persona, ese animal debe morir; y cualquiera que asesine a otro ser humano debe morir. 6 Si alguien quita una vida humana, la vida de esa persona también será quitada por manos humanas. Pues Dios hizo a los seres humanos[a] a su propia imagen. 7 Ahora sean fructíferos y multiplíquense, y vuelvan a poblar la tierra».
8 Entonces Dios les dijo a Noé y a sus hijos: 9 «Ahora mismo, yo confirmo mi pacto con ustedes y con sus descendientes, 10 y con todos los animales que estuvieron en el barco con ustedes—las aves, los animales domésticos y todos los animales salvajes—, con toda criatura viviente sobre la tierra. 11 Sí, yo confirmo mi pacto con ustedes. Nunca más las aguas de un diluvio matarán a todas las criaturas vivientes; nunca más un diluvio destruirá la tierra».
12 Entonces Dios dijo: «Les doy una señal de mi pacto con ustedes y con todas las criaturas vivientes, para todas las generaciones futuras. 13 He puesto mi arco iris en las nubes. Esa es la señal de mi pacto con ustedes y con toda la tierra. 14 Cuando envíe nubes sobre la tierra, el arco iris aparecerá en las nubes 15 y yo me acordaré de mi pacto con ustedes y con todas las criaturas vivientes. Nunca más las aguas de un diluvio volverán a destruir a todos los seres vivos. 16 Cuando yo vea el arco iris en las nubes, me acordaré del pacto eterno entre Dios y toda criatura viviente sobre la tierra». 17 Entonces Dios le dijo a Noé: «Este arco iris es la señal del pacto que yo confirmo con todas las criaturas de la tierra».
Los hijos de Noé
18 Los hijos de Noé que salieron del barco con su padre fueron Sem, Cam y Jafet. (Cam es el padre de Canaán). 19 De estos tres hijos de Noé provienen todas las personas que ahora pueblan la tierra.
20 Después del diluvio, Noé comenzó a cultivar la tierra y plantó un viñedo. 21 Cierto día, bebió del vino que había hecho y se emborrachó, y estaba recostado y desnudo dentro de su carpa. 22 Cam, el padre de Canaán, vio que su padre estaba desnudo y salió a contárselo a sus hermanos. 23 Entonces Sem y Jafet tomaron un manto, se lo pusieron sobre los hombros y entraron de espaldas a la carpa para cubrir a su padre. Mientras lo hacían, miraban para otro lado a fin de no ver a su padre desnudo.
24 Cuando Noé despertó de su estupor, se enteró de lo que había hecho Cam, su hijo menor. 25 Entonces maldijo a Canaán, el hijo de Cam:
«¡Maldito sea Canaán!
¡Que sea el más inferior de los siervos para con sus familiares!».
26 Entonces dijo Noé:
«¡Bendito sea el Señor, Dios de Sem,
y sea Canaán su siervo!
27 ¡Que Dios extienda el territorio de Jafet!
Que Jafet comparta la prosperidad de Sem,[b]
y sea Canaán su siervo».
28 Noé vivió trescientos cincuenta años más después del gran diluvio. 29 Vivió novecientos cincuenta años y luego murió.
Genesis 9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
God’s Covenant with Noah
9 God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.(A) 2 The fear and terror of you will be in every living creature on the earth, every bird of the sky, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are placed under your authority.[a] 3 Every living creature will be food for you;(B) as I gave the green plants, I have given you everything.(C) 4 However, you must not eat meat with its lifeblood in it.(D) 5 I will require the life of every animal(E) and every man for your life and your blood. I will require the life of each man’s brother for a man’s life.(F)
7 But you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply on it.”(I)
8 Then God said to Noah and his sons with him, 9 “Understand that I am confirming My covenant(J) with you and your descendants after you, 10 and with every living creature that is with you—birds, livestock, and all wildlife of the earth that are with you—all the animals of the earth that came out of the ark. 11 I confirm My covenant with you that never again will every creature be wiped out by the waters of a flood; there will never again be a flood to destroy the earth.”(K)
12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant(L) I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all future generations: 13 I have placed My bow in the clouds,(M) and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. 14 Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember My covenant(N) between Me and you and all the living creatures:[b] water will never again become a flood to destroy every creature. 16 The bow will be in the clouds, and I will look at it and remember the everlasting covenant(O) between God and all the living creatures[c] on earth.” 17 God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have confirmed between Me and every creature on earth.”
Prophecies about Noah’s Family
18 Noah’s sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan. 19 These three were Noah’s sons, and from them the whole earth was populated.(P)
20 Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant[d] a vineyard. 21 He drank some of the wine, became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.(Q) 23 Then Shem and Japheth took a cloak and placed it over both their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father naked.
24 When Noah awoke from his drinking and learned what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said:
26 He also said:
Praise the Lord, the God of Shem;
Canaan will be[e] his slave.
27 God will extend[f] Japheth;
he will dwell in the tents of Shem;
Canaan will be his slave.
28 Now Noah lived 350 years after the flood. 29 So Noah’s life lasted 950 years; then he died.
Footnotes
- Genesis 9:2 Lit are given in your hand
- Genesis 9:15 Lit and creatures of all flesh
- Genesis 9:16 Lit creatures of all flesh
- Genesis 9:20 Or Noah began to be a farmer and planted
- Genesis 9:26 As a prophecy; others interpret the verbs in vv. 26-27 as a wish or prayer: let Canaan be . . .
- Genesis 9:27 In Hb, the name Japheth sounds like the word “extend.”
Genesis 9
New King James Version
God’s Promise to Noah
9 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: (A)“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. 2 (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. 3 (C)Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you (D)all things, even as the (E)green herbs. 4 (F)But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. 5 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.
6 “Whoever (J)sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
(K)For in the image of God
He made man.
7 And as for you, (L)be fruitful and multiply;
Bring forth abundantly in the earth
And multiply in it.”
8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying: 9 “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:
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
- Genesis 9:9 Lit. seed
- Genesis 9:23 Lit. backwards
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