¹ 神賜福給挪亞和他的兒子，對他們說：你們要生養眾多，遍滿了地。

² 凡地上的走獸和空中的飛鳥都必驚恐，懼怕你們，連地上一切的昆蟲並海裡一切的魚都交付你們的手。

³ 凡活著的動物都可以作你們的食物。這一切我都賜給你們，如同菜蔬一樣。

⁴ 惟獨肉帶著血，那就是他的生命，你們不可吃。

⁵ 流你們血、害你們命的，無論是獸是人，我必討他的罪，就是向各人的弟兄也是如此。

⁶ 凡流人血的，他的血也必被人所流，因為神造人是照自己的形像造的。

⁷ 你們要生養眾多，在地上昌盛繁茂。

⁸ 神曉諭挪亞和他的兒子說：

⁹ 我與你們和你們的後裔立約，

¹⁰ 並與你們這裡的一切活物─就是飛鳥、牲畜、走獸，凡從方舟裡出來的活物─立約。

¹¹ 我與你們立約，凡有血肉的，不再被洪水滅絕，也不再有洪水毀壞地了。

¹² 神說：我與你們並你們這裡的各樣活物所立的永約是有記號的。

¹³ 我把虹放在雲彩中，這就可作我與地立約的記號了。

¹⁴ 我使雲彩蓋地的時候，必有虹現在雲彩中，

¹⁵ 我便記念我與你們和各樣有血肉的活物所立的約，水就再不氾濫、毀壞一切有血肉的物了。

¹⁶ 虹必現在雲彩中，我看見，就要記念我與地上各樣有血肉的活物所立的永約。

¹⁷ 神對挪亞說：這就是我與地上一切有血肉之物立約的記號了。

¹⁸ 出方舟挪亞的兒子就是閃、含、雅弗。含是迦南的父親。

¹⁹ 這是挪亞的三個兒子，他們的後裔分散在全地。

²⁰ 挪亞作起農夫來，栽了一個葡萄園。

²¹ 他喝了園中的酒便醉了，在帳棚裡赤著身子。

²² 迦南的父親含看見他父親赤身，就到外邊告訴他兩個弟兄。

²³ 於是閃和雅弗拿件衣服搭在肩上，倒退著進去，給他父親蓋上；他們背著臉就看不見父親的赤身。

²⁴ 挪亞醒了酒，知道小兒子向他所作的事，

²⁵ 就說：迦南當受咒詛，必給他弟兄作奴僕的奴僕；

²⁶ 又說：耶和華─閃的神是應當稱頌的！願迦南作閃的奴僕。

²⁷ 願神使雅弗擴張，使他住在閃的帳棚裡；又願迦南作他的奴僕。

²⁸ 洪水以後，挪亞又活了三百五十年。

²⁹ 挪亞共活了九百五十歲就死了。

¹ Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

² The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

³ The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

⁴ The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

⁵ Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.

⁶ The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

⁷ The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

⁸ Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.

⁹ He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."

¹⁰ The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

¹¹ Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

¹² and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).

¹³ Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

¹⁴ Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.

¹⁵ Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,

¹⁶ the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,

¹⁷ the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,

¹⁸ the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.

¹⁹ The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha.

²⁰ These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, in their nations.

²¹ To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

²² The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

²³ The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

²⁴ Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.

²⁵ To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Joktan.

²⁶ Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

²⁷ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

²⁸ Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

²⁹ Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

³⁰ Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

³¹ These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.

³² These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.