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God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful , and multiply , and replenish the earth .
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The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth , and on every bird of the sky . Everything that the ground teems with, and all the fish of the sea are delivered into your hand .
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Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As the green herb , I have given everything to you.
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But flesh with its life, its blood , you shall not eat .
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I will surely require your blood of your lives . At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man , even at the hand of every man 's brother , I will require the life of man .
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Whoever sheds man's blood , his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image .
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Be fruitful and multiply . Bring forth abundantly in the earth , and multiply in it."
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God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
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"As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
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and with every living creature that is with you: the birds , the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ship, even every animal of the earth .
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I will establish my covenant with you: all flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood, neither will there ever again be a flood to destroy the earth ."
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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 :
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I set my rainbow in the cloud , and it will be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth .
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It will happen, when I bring a cloud over the earth , that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud ,
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and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh , and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh .
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The rainbow will be in the cloud . I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth ."
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God said to Noah , "This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth ."
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The sons of Noah who went forth from the ship were Shem , Ham , and Japheth . Ham is the father of Canaan .
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These three were the sons of Noah , and from these, the whole earth was populated.
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Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard .
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He drank of the wine and got drunk . He was uncovered within his tent .
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Ham , the father of Canaan , saw the nakedness of his father , and told his two brothers outside.
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Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father . Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see their father 's nakedness .
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Noah awoke from his wine , and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
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He said , "Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers ."
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He said , "Blessed be Yahweh , the God of Shem . Let Canaan be his servant .
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May God enlarge Japheth . Let him dwell in the tents of Shem . Let Canaan be his servant ."
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Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.
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All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, then he died .