| Holman Christian Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. | 1God blessed Noah and his sons and ordered them, "Be productive, multiply, and fill the earth. |
| 2The 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. | 2All the living creatures of the earth will be filled with fear and terror of you from now on, including all the creatures that fly in the sky, everything that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the ocean. They've been assigned to live under your dominion. |
| 3Every living creature will be food for you; as I gave the green plants, I have given you everything. | 3"Every living, moving creature will be food for you. Just as I gave you green plants before, so now you have everything. |
| 4However, you must not eat meat with its lifeblood in it. | 4However, you are not to eat meat with its life—that is, its blood—in it! |
| 5I will require the life of every animal and every man for your life and your blood. I will require the life of each man's brother for a man's life. | 5Also, I will certainly demand an accounting regarding bloodshed, from every animal and from every human being. I'll demand an accounting from every human being for the life of another human being. |
| 6Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in His image. | 6"Whoever sheds human blood, by a human his own blood is to be shed; because God made human beings in his own image. |
| 7But you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out over the earth and multiply on it." | 7Now as for you, be productive and multiply; spread out over the land and multiply throughout it." |
| 8Then God said to Noah and his sons with him, " | 8Later, God told Noah and his sons, |
| 9Understand that I am confirming My covenant with you and your descendants after you, | 9"Pay attention! I'm establishing my covenant with you and with your descendants after you, |
| 10and 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. | 10and with every living creature that is with you—the flying creatures, the livestock, and all the wildlife of the earth that are with you—all the earth's animals that came out of the ark. |
| 11I 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." | 11I will establish my covenant with you: No living beings will ever be cut off again by flood waters, and there will never again be a flood that destroys the earth." |
| 12And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all future generations: | 12God also said, "Here's the symbol that represents the covenant that I'm making between me and you and every living being with you, for all future generations: |
| 13I have placed My bow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. | 13I've set my rainbow in the sky to symbolize the covenant between me and the earth. |
| 14Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds, | 14Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow becomes visible in the clouds, |
| 15I will remember My covenant between Me and you and all the living creatures: water will never again become a flood to destroy every creature. | 15I'll remember my covenant between me and you and every living creature, so that water will never again become a flood to destroy all living beings. |
| 16The bow will be in the clouds, and I will look at it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all the living creatures on earth." | 16When the rainbow is in the clouds, I will observe it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living beings on the earth." |
| 17God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that I have confirmed between Me and every creature on earth." | 17God also told Noah, "This is the symbol of the covenant that I've established between me and everything that lives on the earth." |
| 18Noah's sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan. | 18Noah's sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham later fathered Canaan.) |
| 19These three were Noah's sons, and from them the whole earth was populated. | 19These three were Noah's sons, and from these men the whole earth was repopulated. |
| 20Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard. | 20Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant and farm a vineyard. |
| 21He drank some of the wine, became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent. | 21He drank some of the wine, got drunk, and lay down naked right in the middle of his tent. |
| 22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside. | 22Ham, who fathered Canaan, saw his father's genitals and told his two brothers outside. |
| 23Then 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. | 23Then Shem and Japheth took their father's cloak, laid it across both their shoulders, and walking backwards, they both covered their father's genitals. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's genitals. |
| 24When Noah awoke from his drinking and learned what his youngest son had done to him, | 24When Noah sobered up and learned what his youngest son had done to him, |
| 25he said: Canaan will be cursed. He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers. | 25he said, "Canaan is cursed! He will be the lowest of slaves to his relatives." |
| 26He also said: Praise the LORD, the God of Shem; Canaan will be his slave. | 26He also said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave. |
| 27God will extend Japheth; he will dwell in the tents of Shem; Canaan will be his slave. | 27May God make room for Japheth; may God live in Shem's tents, and may Canaan serve him." |
| 28Now Noah lived 350 years after the flood. | 28Noah lived 350 years after the flood. |
| 29So Noah's life lasted 950 years; then he died. | 29After Noah had lived a total of 950 years, he died. |
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