Genesis 9
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The New Beginning
9 Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “·Have many children; grow in number [T Be fruitful and multiply] and fill the earth [1:22, 29]. 2 Every ·animal [living thing] on earth, every bird in the ·sky [heavens], every animal that crawls on the ground, and every fish in the sea will ·respect [fear] and ·fear [dread; be terrified of] you. I have given them ·to you [L into your hand].
3 “Everything that moves, everything that is alive, is yours for food. Earlier I gave you the green plants [1:29–30], but now I give you everything for food. 4 But you must not eat ·meat [flesh] that still has blood in it, because blood ·gives [L is] life [Lev. 3:17; 7:26–27; 17:10–14]. 5 I will ·demand [require; L seek] blood for life. I will ·demand [require; L seek] the life of any animal that kills a person, and I will ·demand [require; L seek] the life of anyone who takes another person’s life.
6 “Whoever ·kills [L sheds the blood of] a human being
will ·be killed [L have his blood shed] by a human being,
because God made humans
in ·his own image [L the image of God; 1:26–27].
7 “As for you, Noah, ·I want you and your family to have many children, to grow in number on the earth, and to become many [L be fruitful and multiply, swarm/teem over the earth and multiply on it; 9:1].”
8 Then God said to Noah and his sons, 9 “·Now [or Look] I am making my ·agreement [covenant; treaty; 6:18] with you and your ·people [seed] ·who will live after you [L after you], 10 and with every living thing that is with you—the birds, the ·tame [livestock; cattle] and the wild animals, and with everything that came out of the ·boat [ark] with you—with every living thing on earth. 11 I ·make [establish] this ·agreement [covenant; treaty; 6:18] with you: ·I will never again destroy all living things by a flood [L a flood will never again cut off all flesh]. A flood will never again destroy the earth.”
12 And God said, “This is the sign [C a symbol that represents this relationship between God and Noah; 17:11; Ex. 31:13, 17] of the ·agreement [covenant; treaty; 6:18] between me and you and every living creature that is with you for all future generations. 13 I am putting my ·rainbow [bow; C may represent God hanging up his weapon after warring against humanity] in the clouds as the sign of the ·agreement [covenant; treaty; 6:18] between me and the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over the earth and a ·rainbow [bow] appears in them, 15 I will remember my ·agreement [covenant; treaty; 6:18] between me and you and every living thing [L of all flesh]. [L The waters of the] Floods will never again destroy all ·life on the earth [L flesh]. 16 When the ·rainbow [bow] appears in the clouds, I will see it and I will remember the ·agreement that continues forever [L eternal covenant] between me and every living thing [L of all flesh] on the earth.”
17 So God said to Noah, “·The rainbow [L This] is a ·sign [9:12] of the ·agreement [covenant; treaty; 6:18] that I made with all living things on earth.”
Noah and His Sons
18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ·boat [ark] with him were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 19 These three men were Noah’s sons, and all the people on earth ·came [spread out; C see the genealogy in ch. 10] from these three sons.
20 Noah ·became a farmer [L was the first man of the ground/soil] and planted a vineyard. 21 When he drank ·wine made from his grapes [L the wine], he became drunk and lay ·naked [uncovered] in his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, looked at his naked father and told his [L two] brothers outside [C an act of disrespect; he should have helped his father, as in the next verse]. 23 Then Shem and Japheth got a coat and, carrying it on both their shoulders, they walked backwards into the tent and covered [L the nakedness of] their father. They turned their faces away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness [C they acted appropriately according to ancient custom].
24 Noah ·was sleeping because of the wine. When he woke up [woke up from his wine] and ·learned [L he knew] what his youngest son, Ham, had done to him, 25 he said,
“May there be a curse on Canaan [C the ancestor and representative of the inhabitants of Palestine that Israel displaced at the time of the conquest of the Promised Land; Josh. 1–12]!
May he be the lowest ·slave [servant] to his brothers.”
26 Noah also said,
“May the Lord, the God of Shem, be ·praised [blessed]!
May Canaan be Shem’s ·slave [servant; L Shem is the ancestor of Israel].
27 May God ·give more land to [make space for; C the verb sounds like his name] Japheth.
May Japheth live in Shem’s tents,
and may Canaan be their slave [10:2–4; 1 Chr. 1:5–7].”
28 After the flood Noah lived 350 years. 29 ·He lived a total of [L All the days of Noah were] 950 years, and then he died.
Génesis 9
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El pacto de Dios con Noé
9 Dios dio esta bendición a Noé y a sus hijos: «Tengan muchos hijos y vuelvan a llenar la tierra. 2 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. 3 Les doy todos los animales, lo mismo que las plantas y verduras para que los usen para su alimentación. 4 Pero no deberán comer animales sin haberles sacado la sangre, porque la vida está en la sangre. 5 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. 6 El que mate a una persona, otra persona lo matará a él; porque los seres humanos fueron creados a la imagen de Dios.
7 »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.
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