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Genesis 8:15-22
English Standard Version
Genesis 8:15-22
English Standard Version
15 Then God said to Noah, 16 “Go out from the ark, (A)you and your wife, and your sons and your sons' wives with you. 17 Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth—that they may swarm on the earth, and (B)be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” 18 So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him. 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by families from the ark.
God's Covenant with Noah
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And when the Lord smelled (C)the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again (D)curse[a] the ground because of man, for (E)the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. (F)Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. 22 (G)While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, (H)day and night, shall not cease.”
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- Genesis 8:21 Or dishonor
Genesis 8:15-22
New International Version
Genesis 8:15-22
New International Version
15 Then God said to Noah, 16 “Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives.(A) 17 Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.”(B)
18 So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives.(C) 19 All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds—everything that moves on land—came out of the ark, one kind after another.
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord(D) and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean(E) birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings(F) on it. 21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma(G) and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground(H) because of humans, even though[a] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.(I) And never again will I destroy(J) all living creatures,(K) as I have done.
Footnotes
- Genesis 8:21 Or humans, for
Genesis 9:17-29
English Standard Version
Genesis 9:17-29
English Standard Version
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 (A)Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 19 These three were the sons of Noah, and (B)from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed.[a]
20 Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.[b] 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 (C)and knew what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said,
26 He also said,
“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem;
and let Canaan be his servant.
27 May God enlarge Japheth,[c]
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.
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- Genesis 9:19 Or from these the whole earth was populated
- Genesis 9:20 Or Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard
- Genesis 9:27 Japheth sounds like the Hebrew for enlarge
Genesis 9:17-29
New International Version
Genesis 9:17-29
New International Version
17 So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant(A) 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.(B) (Ham was the father of Canaan.)(C) 19 These were the three sons of Noah,(D) and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.(E)
20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded[a] to plant a vineyard. 21 When he drank some of its wine,(F) he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked(G) 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,
26 He also said,
“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem!(K)
May Canaan be the slave(L) of Shem.
27 May God extend Japheth’s[b] territory;(M)
may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,(N)
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.(O)
Footnotes
- Genesis 9:20 Or soil, was the first
- Genesis 9:27 Japheth sounds like the Hebrew for extend.
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