Genesis 9
New Living Translation
God Confirms His Covenant
9 Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth. 2 All the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I have placed them in your power. 3 I have given them to you for food, just as I have given you grain and vegetables. 4 But you must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it.
5 “And I will require the blood of anyone who takes another person’s life. If a wild animal kills a person, it must die. And anyone who murders a fellow human must die. 6 If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings[a] in his own image. 7 Now be fruitful and multiply, and repopulate the earth.”
8 Then God told Noah and his sons, 9 “I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants, 10 and with all the animals that were on the boat with you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals—every living creature on earth. 11 Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”
12 Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come. 13 I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth. 14 When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will appear in the clouds, 15 and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life. 16 When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth.” 17 Then God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the creatures on earth.”
Noah’s Sons
18 The sons of Noah who came out of the boat with their father were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham is the father of Canaan.) 19 From these three sons of Noah came all the people who now populate the earth.
20 After the flood, Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard. 21 One day he drank some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers. 23 Then Shem and Japheth took a robe, held it over their shoulders, and backed into the tent to cover their father. As they did this, they looked the other way so they would not see him naked.
24 When Noah woke up from his stupor, he learned what Ham, his youngest son, had done. 25 Then he cursed Canaan, the son of Ham:
“May Canaan be cursed!
May he be the lowest of servants to his relatives.”
26 Then Noah said,
“May the Lord, the God of Shem, be blessed,
and may Canaan be his servant!
27 May God expand the territory of Japheth!
May Japheth share the prosperity of Shem,[b]
and may Canaan be his servant.”
28 Noah lived another 350 years after the great flood. 29 He lived 950 years, and then he died.
Genesis 9
King James Version
9 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
2 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.
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5 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.
6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 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.
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
Génesis 9
Palabra de Dios para Todos
Nuevo comienzo
9 Dios bendijo a Noé y a sus hijos, y les dijo: «Tengan muchos hijos y pueblen el mundo. 2 Todos los animales de la tierra, las aves del cielo, los animales que se arrastran por el suelo y los peces del mar, les temerán. Todos estarán bajo su dominio. 3 Pueden comer cualquier animal, así como les he dado las plantas verdes para comer, ahora les permito que coman de todo. 4 Pero no deben comer carne que todavía tenga sangre, la cual es su vida. 5 Exigiré su sangre por su vida. De cada animal que le quite la vida a un ser humano exigiré su vida, y de la persona que mate a otra exigiré su vida.
6 »Si alguien derrama la sangre de un ser humano,
otro ser humano derramará la de él,
porque Dios hizo al ser humano
a su imagen y semejanza.
7 »Y ustedes también tengan muchos hijos, multiplíquense y cubran la tierra».
8 Luego Dios le dijo a Noé y a sus hijos: 9 «Hago este pacto con ustedes, sus descendientes 10 y todo ser viviente, con todas las aves y los animales salvajes y domésticos que desembarcaron con ustedes. 11 Les prometo a ustedes que nunca más usaré un diluvio para terminar con la raza humana y nunca más habrá un diluvio que destruya la tierra».
12 Y Dios dijo: «Esta es la señal del pacto que hago con ustedes y con todos los seres vivientes. Mi pacto continuará por todas las generaciones. 13 En las nubes cuelgo mi arco, el arco iris,[a] que servirá como señal del pacto que yo hago con el mundo. 14 Cuando yo ponga nubes sobre la tierra y el arco iris aparezca en las nubes, 15 me acordaré del pacto que tengo con ustedes y con todo ser viviente. El agua nunca se volverá a convertir en diluvio para acabar con toda la vida. 16 Cuando el arco iris esté en las nubes, yo lo veré y me acordaré del pacto eterno que tengo con todo ser viviente de la tierra». 17 Luego Dios le dijo a Noé: «Esa es la señal del pacto que tengo con toda vida en la tierra».
Noé y sus hijos
18 Los hijos de Noé que bajaron del barco eran Sem, Cam y Jafet. Cam fue papá de Canaán. 19 Estos tres eran los hijos de Noé, y toda la tierra fue poblada por los descendientes de estos tres hombres.
20 Noé, que era campesino, fue el primero en sembrar un viñedo. 21 De las uvas hizo vino. Un día, tomando del vino en su carpa se emborrachó, se desnudó y terminó inconsciente. 22 Cam, el papá de Canaán, vio a su papá desnudo y salió a contárselo a sus hermanos. 23 Sem y Jafet tomaron un manto, lo pusieron sobre sus hombros y caminaron de espaldas cubriendo la desnudez de su papá. Caminaron de espaldas y no vieron a su papá desnudo.
24 Cuando Noé se despertó de su borrachera, supo lo que su hijo menor le había hecho. 25 Así que dijo:
«¡Maldito sea Canaán[b]!
Que sea el esclavo de los esclavos de sus hermanos».
26 Después Noé dijo:
«¡Bendito sea el SEÑOR, Dios de Sem!
Que Canaán sea esclavo de él.
27 Que Dios engrandezca[c] el territorio de Jafet.
Que viva en las carpas de Sem,[d]
y que Canaán sea su esclavo».
28 Después del diluvio Noé vivió 350 años más. 29 Así que murió a la edad de 950 años.
Footnotes
- 9:13 cuelgo mi arco, el arco iris Textualmente he dado mi arco.
- 9:25 Canaán Hijo de Cam. La gente de Canaán vivía en la costa de Palestina, Líbano y Siria. Después Dios le dio esta tierra al pueblo de Israel.
- 9:27 engrandezca La palabra hebrea para engrandecer se parece al nombre propio Jafet.
- 9:27 Que viva […] Sem o Que Dios viva en las carpas de Sem.
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