Genesis 9 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And God will praise Noah and his sons, and will say to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.
2 And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every living thing of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, upon every thing which shall creep along the earth and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand they were given. The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered. The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands.
3 Every creeping thing which it lives shall be food to you as the green herb. I gave you all things. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
4 But the flesh with its breath, its blood ye shall not eat. But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.
5 And surely, your blood of your lives I will search out, from the hand of every living thing I will search it out, and from the hand of man; from the hand of a man's brother I will search out the life of man. And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.
6 He pouring out man's blood, by man his blood shall be poured out: for in the image of God he made man. “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image. “Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.
7 And you, be ye fruitful and multiply, and increase abundantly in the earth, and multiply in it. And you, be fruitful and multiply, increase greatly on the earth and multiply in it.” As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”
8 And God will speak to Noah and to his sons, saying, Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him:
9 And I, behold I establish my covenant with you and with your seed after you. “Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you, “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you
10 And with every breathing thing which is with you, of birds, of cattle, and of every living thing of the earth with you, from all going out of the ark, to every living thing of the earth. and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark; it is for every beast of the earth. and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth.
11 And I established my covenant with you; and all flesh shall not be dissipated any more by the waters of a flood and there shall not be any more a flood to destroy the earth. I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
12 And God will say, This is a sign of the covenant which I give between me and between you, and between every breathing thing living which is with you for future generations. And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: And 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 generations to come:
13 I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and between the earth. I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
14 And it shall be in my giving a cloud upon the earth, and the bow was seen in the cloud. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
15 And I remembered my covenant which is between me and between you, and between every breathing thing living of all flesh; and the waters shall not any more become a flood to destroy all flesh. I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
16 The bow shall be in the cloud; and seeing it to remember the lasting covenant between God and between every breathing thing living of all flesh which is upon the earth. When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”
17 And God will say to Noah, This the sign of the covenant which I established between me and between all flesh which is upon the earth. 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.” So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”
18 And the sons of Noah going forth from the ark shall be Shem and Ham and Japheth; and Ham he the father of Canaan. The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)
19 These the three sons of Noah; and from these was the whole earth disseminated. These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed. These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.
20 And Noah will begin a man of the earth, and he will plant a vineyard. Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard. Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.
21 And he will drink of the wine and he will be intoxicated, and will be uncovered within his tent. He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent. When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent.
22 And Ham the father of Canaan will see the nakedness of his father, and he will declare to his two brethren without. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.
23 And Shem and Japheth will take a garment and they will put upon their two shoulders, and will go backwards and will cover the nakedness of their father: and their faces backwards, and they will not see the nakedness of their father. 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. 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 And Noah will awake from his wine and will know what his young son did to him. When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him, When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him,
25 And he will say, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren. he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.” he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.”
26 And he will say, Praised Jehovah, God of Shem; Canaan shall be servant to him. He also said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be his servant. He also said, “Praise be to the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem.
27 God will dilate Japheth; he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be servant to him. May God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant.” May God extend Japheth’s territory; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”
28 And Noah shall live after the flood three hundred years and fifty years. After the flood Noah lived 350 years. After the flood Noah lived 350 years.
29 And all the days of Noah shall be nine hundred years and fifty years: and he shall die. All the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died. Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
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