Genesis 9 (NET)

Genesis 9:1¹Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:2²Every living creature of the earth and every bird of the sky will be terrified of you. Everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea are under your authority.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:3³You may eat any moving thing that lives. As I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:4⁴“But you must not eat meat with its life (that is, its blood) in it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:5⁵For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:6⁶“Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:7⁷“But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:8⁸God said to Noah and his sons,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:9⁹“Look. I now confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after youCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:10¹⁰and with every living creature that is with you, including the birds, the domestic animals, and every living creature of the earth with you, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature of the earth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:11¹¹I confirm my covenant with you: Never again will all living things be wiped out by the waters of a flood; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:12¹²And God said, “This is the guarantee of the covenant I am making with you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all subsequent generations:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:13¹³I will place my rainbow in the clouds, and it will become a guarantee of the covenant between me and the earth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:14¹⁴Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:15¹⁵then I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures of all kinds. Never again will the waters become a flood and destroy all living things.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:16¹⁶When the rainbow is in the clouds, I will notice it and remember the perpetual covenant between God and all living creatures of all kinds that are on the earth.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:17¹⁷So God said to Noah, “This is the guarantee of the covenant that I am confirming between me and all living things that are on the earth.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:18¹⁸The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Now Ham was the father of Canaan.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:19¹⁹These were the three sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:20²⁰Noah, a man of the soil, began to plant a vineyard.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:21²¹When he drank some of the wine, he got drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:22²²Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers who were outside.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:23²³Shem and Japheth took the garment and placed it on their shoulders. Then they walked in backwards and covered up their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so they did not see their father’s nakedness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:24²⁴When Noah awoke from his drunken stupor he learned what his youngest son had done to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:25²⁵So he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves he will be to his brothers.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:26²⁶He also said, “Worthy of praise is the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:27²⁷May God enlarge Japheth’s territory and numbers! May he live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:28²⁸After the flood Noah lived 350 years.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Genesis 9:29²⁹The entire lifetime of Noah was 950 years, and then he died.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s